The MST (Mountain to Sea Trail) is a trail in progress. It will eventually stretch almost 1000 miles west to east across the state of North Carolina. It consists of hiking paths, and connecting roads.
In the past few years, there has been quite a lot of work done in building the MST section that goes through the Triangle. According to a sign at Falls Lake Dam, there are 39 miles of hiking trails that have been created (although I suspect there is more by now), that mostly hug the southern shores of Falls Lake.
The path starts at the Falls Lake Dam just off Falls of Neuse Road, and heads west from there. Eventually there will be a path that heads east from the dam, and follows the Neuse River through eastern Wake County.
I thought I would try a series of short day hikes, with the intent of walking the entire section of the MST through the Triangle. Actually, since I have just one car, I'll be hiking each portion of the trail twice, out and back to my car. From the map at the MST site -- ncmst.org -- you can see that the trail is intersected by a road about every 2 or 3 miles, so that seems like a logical way to split up the hikes. That is, just hike from one road intersection to another.
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