Devil's Cellar Overlook–Mountains-to-Sea Trail/ Table Rock Gap, 3 sights is a 4.6-mile out-and-back in Linville Gorge Wilderness near Wisemans View, NC. The route reaches Devil's Cellar Overlook at the turnaround, 2.3 miles in. It climbs 1,167 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade. It scores 94/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi2,887 – 3,655 ft · steepest grade: 23%4.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Hawksbill Trail 35.91431, -81.87840
Nearest town Wisemans View, NC
Directions
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Devil's Cellar Overlook–Mountains-to-Sea Trail/ Table Rock Gap, 3 sights
4.6 mi · ▲ 1,167 ft · 2 hr 7 min
Elevation 2,887–3,656 ft
Out & Back · Linville Gorge Wilderness
Trailhead: Hawksbill Trail · 35.91431, -81.87840
Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 83°F / low 69° · precip 19% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 7:03 AM · sunset 7:53 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 1 miBear right onto Table Rock Gap Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Mountains-to-Sea Trail/ Table Rock Gap, heading SW.
- 1 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 150 ftReach Devil's Cellar Overlook, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1 miTurn left onto Table Rock Gap Trail, heading NE.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading N.
- 1 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
58% dirt41% gravel1% unspecified
Weather
OvercastTemperature 83°F69°
Precip19%Wind4 mphUV7Humidity86%
Hourly temperatureRain chance
85°65°
Sunrise 7:03 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 7:53 PM
Sat
86°69°
17%
Sun
88°63°
73%
Mon
72°61°
56%
Tue
75°56°
Wed
84°58°
Thu
84°63°
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.0 mi in (~64 min). Leave by 6:29 PM for the 7:53 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:10 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Hawksbill Trail Trailhead
- Hawksbill Mountain–Hawksbill Viewpoint, 3 summits 1.9 mi · ▲ 689 ft
- Hawksbill Trail & Jonas Ridge Trail Loop 2.4 mi · ▲ 479 ft
- Hawksbill Alt summit Viewpoint & Hawksbill Ledge Loop 2.8 mi · ▲ 920 ft
- Cathedral Falls–Hawksbill Ledge, 3 sights 4.3 mi · ▲ 1,227 ft
- Devil's Hole Trail via Linville Gorge Trail 4.6 mi · ▲ 1,503 ft
- Lettered Rock–Mountains-to-Sea Trail Loop, 3 sights 4.7 mi · ▲ 924 ft
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