Craggy Gardens Viewpoint & Craggy Gardens Trail is a 2.3-mile out-and-back near Blackberry Inn, NC. The route reaches Craggy Gardens Viewpoint at the turnaround, 1.1 miles in. It climbs 824 ft, with sections as steep as 27% grade. It scores 12/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi4,885 – 5,679 ft · steepest grade: 27%2.4 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Mountains-to-Sea Trail 35.69979, -82.39877
Nearest town Blackberry Inn, NC
Directions
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Craggy Gardens Viewpoint & Craggy Gardens Trail
2.3 mi · ▲ 824 ft · 1 hr 11 min
Elevation 4,887–5,680 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Mountains-to-Sea Trail · 35.69979, -82.39877
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 7:06 AM · sunset 7:53 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Mountains-to-Sea Trail, heading SE.
- 0.6 miBear right onto Craggy Gardens Trail, heading NE.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 400 ftReach Craggy Gardens Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 300 ftBear right, heading E.
- 100 ftBear right, heading E.
- 0.5 miBear left onto Mountains-to-Sea Trail, heading NE.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 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
1% paved99% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 7:06 AMSunset 7:53 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.2 mi in (~12 min). Leave by 7:21 PM for the 7:53 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:13 PM — 6 min before dark.
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