Entry Run to Pocosin Cabin - 8.5 miles/2100 feet elevation gain

We led this hike about this time last year and were treated to lots of wildflowers - hoping for a repeat! There will be an optional post hike rehydration in the parking area at the end of the hike. Bring your chair, a beverage and a snack at your discretion.

Parking: Entry Run Parking https://maps.app.goo.gl/TjrT436cpTrxuaNt5
Parking can be tight so please arrange to carpool via comments if you can.

Trail: https://www.alltrails.com/explore/map/entry-run-to-pocosin-cabin-retrace-3091d86?u=i&sh=jbc54i

We will start the hike on Entry Run Trail and in a short time will bear right onto Rosser Lamb Trail which although paralleling Entry Run Trail, is a little less steep. We will ascend up Rosser Lamb Trail along a branch of Entry Run until the trail intersects with Entry Run Trail. We will continue our ascent entering the Park and continuing to Pocosin Road where we will turn left and continue ascending to Pocosin Cabin where we will break for lunch before retracing (descending) to the intersection of Rossers Lamb Trail and Entry Run Trail where we will bear right to continue our descent on Entry Run Trail and back to our cars. Along the way we will pass PATC cabins (John’s Rest Cabin and Rosser Lamb Cabin), The Pocosin Mission and Lamb Cemetery. A little history is below:

• In 1934, the Lamb family–which had been in the hollow since 1845–got the word that they needed to relocate. But in a twist of fate, the government ran out of funding for the park before the Lambs were forced to move. The park border stopped just short of the Lamb house, so they were able to keep their home–but they had lost their community. They stayed well into the 1960s, but times were certainly different after the park.
• The Pocosin Mission was founded in 1902, and historians describe it as the center of the community at the time. Now, years later, it is slowly fading into the forest. Rosser Lamb attended church at the Mission, and his children went to school there.
• Johns rest cabin is a PATC cabin relocated from West Virginia and reconstructed with funding from the Fischbach family.

Recommended items to bring: - Broken in Hiking Boots, Trekking Poles, Lunch/Snacks, 2-3 Liters of Water
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