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Camp Alice Trail–Campground Trail, 4 sights is a 3.7-mile out-and-back in Mount Mitchell State Park near Eskota, NC. It climbs 1,052 ft, with sections as steep as 25% grade. It scores 15/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi5,778 – 6,427 ft · steepest grade: 25%3.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Campground Trail 35.76083, -82.27085
Nearest town Eskota, NC

Directions

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Camp Alice Trail–Campground Trail, 4 sights

3.7 mi · ▲ 1,052 ft · 1 hr 46 min

Elevation 5,779–6,428 ft

Out & Back · Mount Mitchell State Park

Trailhead: Campground Trail · 35.76083, -82.27085

Weather Sep 4: Light drizzle, high 71°F / low 57° · precip 21% · wind 2 mph · sunrise 7:04 AM · sunset 7:54 PM

Dogs allowed on leash · Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Campground Trail, heading N.
  2. 0.3 miTurn right onto Old Mitchell Trail, heading S.
  3. 1.5 miSharp left onto Commissary Trail, heading W.
  4. 1.1 miBear left onto Camp Alice Trail, heading NE.
  5. 0.4 miSharp right onto Old Mitchell Trail, heading NW.
  6. 0.1 miTurn left onto Campground Trail, heading NE.
  7. 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.

Trail surface

47% dirt35% gravel1% paved17% unspecified

Weather

Light drizzleTemperature 71°F57°
Precip21%Wind2 mphUV7Humidity84%
Hourly temperatureRain chance
75°55° 12 AM: 1% rain1 AM: 1% rain12 PM: 1% rain1 PM: 4% rain2 PM: 16% rain3 PM: 19% rain4 PM: 21% rain5 PM: 15% rain6 PM: 12% rain7 PM: 5% rain8 PM: 2% rain9 PM: 1% rain11 PM: 1% rain
Sunrise 7:04 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 7:54 PM
Sat 71°56° 17%
Sun 74°54° 63%
Mon 60°52° 53%
Tue 64°46°
Wed 70°48°
Thu 72°53°

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:34 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:54 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:20 PM.

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Good to know

  • Dogs allowed on leash
  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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