AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Middle Prong Wilderness

Devils Courthouse & Devils Courthouse Viewpoint via Mountains-to-Sea Trail

4.2 mi · ▲ 637 ft · 1 hr 43 min

Devils Courthouse & Devils Courthouse Viewpoint via Mountains-to-Sea Trail is a 4.2-mile out-and-back in Middle Prong Wilderness near Balsam Grove, NC. The route passes Devils Courthouse before reaching Devils Courthouse Viewpoint at the turnaround, 2.1 miles in. It climbs 637 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 7/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi5,118 – 5,755 ft4.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Mountains-to-Sea Trail 35.30381, -82.90912
Nearest town Balsam Grove, NC
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Devils Courthouse & Devils Courthouse Viewpoint via Mountains-to-Sea Trail

4.2 mi · ▲ 637 ft · 1 hr 43 min

Elevation 5,119–5,754 ft

Out & Back · Middle Prong Wilderness

Trailhead: Mountains-to-Sea Trail · 35.30381, -82.90912

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 7:08 AM · sunset 7:55 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Mountains-to-Sea Trail, heading N.
  2. 1.9 miTurn right, heading S.
  3. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Devils Courthouse Trail, heading SW.
  4. 0.1 miPass Devils Courthouse Viewpoint.
  5. 100 ftReach Devils Courthouse, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 0.3 miTurn left onto Mountains-to-Sea Trail, heading W.
  7. 1.8 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/devils-courthouse-devils-courthouse-viewpoint-out-back

Trail surface

93% dirt7% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:08 AMSunset 7:55 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.1 mi in (~70 min). Leave by 6:25 PM for the 7:55 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:02 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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