Graybeard Mountain View (MP 363.4) & Douglas Falls Trail is a 4.5-mile out-and-back in Craggy Mountain Wilderness Study Area near Blackberry Inn, NC. The route reaches Graybeard Mountain View (MP 363.4) at the turnaround, 2.2 miles in. It climbs 1,012 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade. It scores 13/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi5,269 – 5,597 ft · steepest grade: 18%4.8 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Craggy Gardens Trail 35.69940, -82.38008
Nearest town Blackberry Inn, NC
Directions
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Graybeard Mountain View (MP 363.4) & Douglas Falls Trail
4.5 mi · ▲ 1,012 ft · 2 hr
Elevation 5,268–5,597 ft
Out & Back · Craggy Mountain Wilderness Study Area
Trailhead: Craggy Gardens Trail · 35.69940, -82.38008
Weather Sep 4: Partly cloudy, high 75°F / low 61° · precip 21% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 7:05 AM · sunset 7:54 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 100 ftSharp right onto Mountains-to-Sea Trail, heading N.
- 0.9 miBear left onto Douglas Falls Trail, heading SE.
- 150 ftBear left onto Mountains-to-Sea Trail, heading SE.
- 1 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miReach Graybeard Mountain View (MP 363.4), then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
- 1 miBear right onto Douglas Falls Trail, heading W.
- 100 ftBear right onto Mountains-to-Sea Trail, heading W.
- 0.9 miSharp left, heading S.
- 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
5% dirt3% paved92% unspecified
Weather
Partly cloudyTemperature 75°F61°
Precip21%Wind6 mphUV7Humidity77%
Hourly temperatureRain chance
75°60°
Sunrise 7:05 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 7:54 PM
Sat
74°63°
Sun
71°57°
57%
Mon
66°54°
32%
Tue
68°50°
Wed
75°51°
Thu
76°57°
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:33 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 Craggy Gardens Trail Trailhead
- Mountains-to-Sea Trail 1.9 mi · ▲ 474 ft
- Craggy Gardens Trail via Mountains-to-Sea Trail 2.3 mi · ▲ 632 ft
- Craggy Dome Scenic Overlook (MP 364.5) & Mountains-to-Sea Trail 2.8 mi · ▲ 770 ft
- Craggy Dome Scenic Overlook (MP 364.5)–Big Ivy Road, 3 sights 9.5 mi · ▲ 1,923 ft
- Craggy Gardens Trail–Hawksbill Creek Road, 5 sights 12 mi · ▲ 3,397 ft
- Big Ivy Road & Douglas Falls Trail 14.2 mi · ▲ 2,478 ft
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