Floral Trail

0.4 mi of trail, end to end · about 100 ft of climbing · 701 ft–806 ft

Floral Trail the Park Service's write-up

20-40 Minutes · dogs allowed

Start Trail head

A packed gravel path leads through a forested hillside. — A view of a trail on Hot Springs Mountain. Photo: NPS Photo/Mitch Smith

Floral Trail connects Lower Dogwood Trail and Honeysuckle Trail. From either trailhead you will descend into a valley and climb the other side.

Distance (one way): 0.7mi (1.1km)

Elevation: 690 - 840ft (210 - 256km)

Typical grade: 4.1%

Accessibility This is a rocky, packed gravel trail. It is not ADA complaint.

This hike on nps.gov

On the parks map

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About this trail's facts

The lines are the National Park Service's public trails layer, the trailheads and the waterfalls, views, peaks and historic places along them the Service's public points of interest, read 2026-10-16 and simplified for the map; the length is the line's, end to end. The write-ups are the Service's own "things to do" text, unedited. Heights come from USGS 3DEP through Terrain Tiles on AWS (Mapzen/Tilezen), read along each line and rounded; a short trail on steep ground can be off by a few tens of feet. Closures change: check the park's own site before you go.