Blue Ridge Parkway Visitor Center TRACK Trail & Mountains-to-Sea Trail
4.1 mi · ▲ 575 ft · 1 hr 39 min
Blue Ridge Parkway Visitor Center TRACK Trail & Mountains-to-Sea Trail is a 4.1-mile out-and-back near Gashes Creek, NC. It climbs 575 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Blue Ridge Parkway Visitor Center TRACK Trail & Mountains-to-Sea Trail
4.1 mi · ▲ 575 ft · 1 hr 39 min
Elevation 2,034–2,315 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Blue Ridge Parkway Visitor Center TRACK Trail · 35.56472, -82.48732
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 7:06 AM · sunset 7:53 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Blue Ridge Parkway Visitor Center TRACK Trail, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Mountains-to-Sea Trail, heading SE.
- 1.7 miReach Blue Ridge Parkway Visitor Center TRACK Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.7 miTurn right onto Blue Ridge Parkway Visitor Center TRACK Trail, heading W.
- 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.8 mi in (~24 min). Leave by 7:10 PM for the 7:53 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:32 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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