Craggy Dome Scenic Overlook (MP 364.5) & Mountains-to-Sea Trail is a 2.8-mile out-and-back near Blackberry Inn, NC. The route reaches Craggy Dome Scenic Overlook (MP 364.5). It climbs 770 ft, with sections as steep as 26% grade. It scores 8/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi4,882 – 5,512 ft · steepest grade: 26%2.9 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 35.70086, -82.37914
Nearest town Blackberry Inn, NC
Directions
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Craggy Dome Scenic Overlook (MP 364.5) & Mountains-to-Sea Trail
2.8 mi · ▲ 770 ft · 1 hr 19 min
Elevation 4,884–5,513 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 35.70086, -82.37914
Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 75°F / low 62° · precip 12% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 7:05 AM · sunset 7:53 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 50 ftPass Craggy Dome Scenic Overlook (MP 364.5).
- 300 ftTurn left onto Mountains-to-Sea Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading SW.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Craggy Gardens Trail, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Mountains-to-Sea Trail, heading SW.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Stoney Fork Road, heading NW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Mountains-to-Sea Trail, heading NW.
- 400 ftReach Craggy Dome Scenic Overlook (MP 364.5), then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 400 ftContinue straight onto Stoney Fork Road, heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Mountains-to-Sea Trail, heading SW.
- 0.6 miBear right onto Craggy Gardens Trail, heading E.
- 0.5 miBear left onto Mountains-to-Sea Trail, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 250 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
32% dirt1% paved67% unspecified
Weather
OvercastTemperature 75°F62°
Precip12%Wind7 mphUV7Humidity78%
Hourly temperature
75°60°
Sunrise 7:05 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 7:53 PM
Sun
70°57°
59%
Mon
64°52°
48%
Tue
68°48°
Wed
74°50°
Thu
76°55°
Fri
72°55°
39%
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:33 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:53 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:19 PM.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Mountains-to-Sea Trail 1.9 mi · ▲ 474 ft
- Craggy Gardens Trail via Mountains-to-Sea Trail 2.3 mi · ▲ 632 ft
- Graybeard Mountain View (MP 363.4) & Douglas Falls Trail 4.5 mi · ▲ 1,012 ft
- Craggy Dome Scenic Overlook (MP 364.5)–Big Ivy Road, 3 sights 9.5 mi · ▲ 1,923 ft
- Craggy Gardens Trail–Hawksbill Creek Road, 5 sights 12 mi · ▲ 3,397 ft
- Big Ivy Road & Douglas Falls Trail 14.2 mi · ▲ 2,478 ft
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