Graybeard Mountain View (MP 363.4) & Mountains-to-Sea Trail is a 4.6-mile out-and-back near Dillingham, NC. The route reaches Graybeard Mountain View (MP 363.4). It climbs 956 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade. It scores 2/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi5,187 – 5,853 ft · steepest grade: 18%4.6 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Mountains-to-Sea Trail 35.71079, -82.36446
Nearest town Dillingham, NC
Directions
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Graybeard Mountain View (MP 363.4) & Mountains-to-Sea Trail
4.6 mi · ▲ 956 ft · 2 hr 1 min
Elevation 5,188–5,853 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Mountains-to-Sea Trail · 35.71079, -82.36446
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 7:05 AM · sunset 7:54 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Mountains-to-Sea Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftPass Graybeard Mountain View (MP 363.4).
- 2.3 miReach Graybeard Mountain View (MP 363.4), then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 2.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Weather
Sunrise 7:05 AMSunset 7:54 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.0 mi in (~2 min). Leave by 7:33 PM for the 7:54 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:10 PM — 10 min before dark. Car visible from the viewpoint
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Craggy Gardens Viewpoint & Douglas Falls Trail 4.9 mi · ▲ 1,206 ft
- Big Ivy Road & Douglas Falls Trail 10.2 mi · ▲ 1,870 ft
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