$500K grant moves Spencer Mountain trail closer to reality

Ashton Lamb, with the Carolina Thread Trail, holds a map of the South Fork River Corridor near the site of where a new trailhead will be created at Poston Park. (Mike Hensdill)

By WSOCTV.com News Staff

GASTON COUNTY, N.C. — Carolina Thread Trail received a grant to fund a trail project that allows hikers to summit Spencer Mountain.

The $500,000 grant is one of the final pieces of funding needed for the $1.5 million project.

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The project will create three miles of trail on Spencer Mountain.

It will also create a pocket park with a viewing area of the summit, accoridng to the Gaston Gazette.

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