Craggy Gardens Trail & Douglas Falls Trail is an 8.5-mile out-and-back in Craggy Mountain Wilderness Study Area near Dillingham, NC. It climbs 1,889 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 26/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi4,200 – 5,574 ft · steepest grade: 20%8.6 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Big Ivy Road 35.72862, -82.37439
Nearest town Dillingham, NC
Directions
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Craggy Gardens Trail & Douglas Falls Trail
8.5 mi · ▲ 1,889 ft · 3 hr 47 min
Elevation 4,201–5,576 ft
Out & Back · Craggy Mountain Wilderness Study Area
Trailhead: Big Ivy Road · 35.72862, -82.37439
Weather Sep 4: Mostly clear, high 78°F / low 64° · precip 18% · wind 2 mph · sunrise 7:05 AM · sunset 7:54 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Douglas Falls Trail, heading S.
- 2.7 miBear right onto Mountains-to-Sea Trail, heading NW.
- 0.9 miBear right, heading SW.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Craggy Gardens Trail, heading NW.
- 0.1 miReach Douglas Falls Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.6 miBear left onto Mountains-to-Sea Trail, heading E.
- 0.9 miBear left onto Douglas Falls Trail, heading E.
- 2.7 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
74% dirt26% unspecified
Weather
Mostly clearTemperature 78°F64°
Precip18%Wind2 mphUV7Humidity74%
Hourly temperatureRain chance
80°60°
Sunrise 7:05 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 7:54 PM
Sat
78°64°
Sun
75°60°
58%
Mon
69°58°
36%
Tue
72°53°
Wed
79°55°
Thu
79°60°
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
More from Big Ivy Road Trailhead
- Big Ivy Road 2.3 mi · ▲ 142 ft
- Craggy Gardens Viewpoint & Douglas Falls Trail 7.9 mi · ▲ 1,906 ft
- Bear Pen Trail–Big Ivy Road, 8 sights 16 mi · ▲ 2,553 ft
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