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Crabtree Falls Trail & Hoover Meadows Road is a 7.1-mile out-and-back near Glenlaurel, NC. It climbs 896 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade. It scores 88/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi3,412 – 3,763 ft · steepest grade: 16%7.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Crabtree Falls Trail 35.81552, -82.14551
Nearest town Glenlaurel, NC

Directions

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Crabtree Falls Trail & Hoover Meadows Road

7.1 mi · ▲ 896 ft · 2 hr 49 min

Elevation 3,413–3,762 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Crabtree Falls Trail · 35.81552, -82.14551

Weather Sep 5: Partly cloudy, high 84°F / low 65° · precip 13% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 7:04 AM · sunset 7:54 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Crabtree Falls Trail, heading N.
  2. 1.4 miSharp left, heading S.
  3. 0.7 miTurn left onto Hoover Meadows Road, heading S.
  4. 1.4 miReach Crabtree Falls Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 1.4 miTurn right, heading E.
  6. 0.7 miSharp right onto Crabtree Falls Trail, heading SE.
  7. 1.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Weather

Partly cloudyTemperature 84°F65°
Precip13%Wind5 mphUV7Humidity62%
Hourly temperature
85°65°
Sunrise 7:04 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 7:54 PM
Sat 85°68°
Sun 78°63° 73%
Mon 69°60° 73%
Tue 74°55°
Wed 82°57°
Thu 83°62°

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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