Craggy Dome–Graybeard Mountain View (MP 363.4), 4 sights is a 5.4-mile out-and-back near Dillingham, NC. The route passes Graybeard Mountain View (MP 363.4) before reaching Craggy Dome at the turnaround, 2.7 miles in. It climbs 1,419 ft, with sections as steep as 35% grade. It scores 2/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi5,187 – 6,060 ft · steepest grade: 35%5.4 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Mountains-to-Sea Trail 35.73408, -82.34434
Nearest town Dillingham, NC
Directions
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Craggy Dome–Graybeard Mountain View (MP 363.4), 4 sights
5.4 mi · ▲ 1,419 ft · 2 hr 31 min
Elevation 5,188–6,060 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Mountains-to-Sea Trail · 35.73408, -82.34434
Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 75°F / low 61° · precip 20% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 7:05 AM · sunset 7:54 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Mountains-to-Sea Trail, heading S.
- 2.3 miPass Graybeard Mountain View (MP 363.4).
- 50 ftBear left onto Reese Trail, heading S.
- 0.4 miReach Craggy Dome, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Mountains-to-Sea Trail, heading NE.
- 2.3 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
13% dirt87% unspecified
Weather
OvercastTemperature 75°F61°
Precip20%Wind3 mphUV7Humidity85%
Hourly temperatureRain chance
75°60°
Sunrise 7:05 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 7:54 PM
Sat
77°62°
16%
Sun
78°58°
60%
Mon
67°55°
42%
Tue
72°50°
Wed
74°53°
Thu
76°57°
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
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Graybeard Mountain View (MP 363.4)–Douglas Falls Trail, 3 sights 11.4 mi · ▲ 2,577 ft
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