Commissary Hill–Picnic, 5 sights is a 6.5-mile out-and-back in Mount Mitchell State Park near Eskota, NC. The route passes Picnic and Commissary Hill. It climbs 1,683 ft, with sections as steep as 32% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 50/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi5,716 – 6,644 ft · steepest grade: 32%6.9 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Campground Trail 35.76083, -82.27085
Nearest town Eskota, NC
Directions
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Commissary Hill–Picnic, 5 sights
6.5 mi · ▲ 1,683 ft · 3 hr
Elevation 5,715–6,643 ft
Out & Back · Mount Mitchell State Park
Trailhead: Campground Trail · 35.76083, -82.27085
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 7:04 AM · sunset 7:54 PM
Dogs allowed on leash · Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Campground Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Old Mitchell Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Mount Mitchell Summit Trail, heading NW.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftPass Picnic.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right onto Mountain Mountain Crest, heading N.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Black Mountain Crest, heading NE.
- 1.4 miSharp right onto Big Tom Gap Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Buncombe Horse Trail, heading SE.
- 2.2 miBear right onto Mount Mitchell Trail, heading SW.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Buncombe Horse Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right onto Mount Mitchell Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Buncombe Horse Range Trail, heading SW.
- 100 ftPass Commissary Hill.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Mount Mitchell Trail, heading SW.
- 1.4 miContinue straight onto Mount Mitchell Summit Trail, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Old Mitchell Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Campground Trail, heading NW.
- 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
61% dirt2% paved37% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 7:04 AMSunset 7:54 PM
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.
Good to know
- Dogs allowed on leash
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Campground Trail Trailhead
- Mount Mitchell & Campground Trail 1.1 mi · ▲ 403 ft
- Commissary Hill–Camp Alice Trail, 4 sights 3.6 mi · ▲ 1,068 ft
- Camp Alice Trail–Campground Trail, 4 sights 3.7 mi · ▲ 1,052 ft
- Picnic–Big Tom Gap Trail, 3 sights 4.6 mi · ▲ 1,964 ft
- Maple Camp Bald–Picnic, 4 sights 5.7 mi · ▲ 2,127 ft
- Picnic–Deep Gap, 4 sights 8.5 mi · ▲ 3,011 ft
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