Grandmother View–Black Rock Trail, 3 sights is a 2.4-mile out-and-back near Grandfather, NC. The route reaches Grandmother View at the turnaround, 1.2 miles in. It climbs 425 ft, with sections as steep as 24% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 9/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi4,833 – 5,273 ft · steepest grade: 24%2.6 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 36.09618, -81.83153
Nearest town Grandfather, NC
Directions
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Grandmother View–Black Rock Trail, 3 sights
2.4 mi · ▲ 425 ft · 1 hr 1 min
Elevation 4,832–5,272 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 36.09618, -81.83153
Weather Sep 4: Fog, high 77°F / low 61° · precip 14% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 7:02 AM · sunset 7:53 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Black Rock Trail, heading NW.
- 0.7 miReach Grandmother View, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.7 miBear left onto Grandfather Extension Trail, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 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
92% dirt8% paved
Weather
FogTemperature 77°F61°
Precip14%Wind3 mphUV7Humidity81%
Hourly temperature
80°60°
Sunrise 7:02 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 7:53 PM
Sat
76°63°
17%
Sun
75°56°
66%
Mon
63°52°
46%
Tue
67°49°
Wed
74°52°
Thu
76°56°
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:32 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
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Patio View of MacRae Peak–Bridge Trail Loop, 3 sights 1.3 mi · ▲ 372 ft
- Linville Peak–Patio View of MacRae Peak, 4 sights 1.4 mi · ▲ 367 ft
- Grandfather Extension Trail & Grandfather Trail 2.2 mi · ▲ 831 ft
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