Green Knob Overlook (MP 350.4)–Laurel Log Branch Trail, 3 sights

4.4 mi · ▲ 2,203 ft · 2 hr 34 min

Green Knob Overlook (MP 350.4)–Laurel Log Branch Trail, 3 sights is a 4.4-mile out-and-back near Graphite, NC. The route reaches Green Knob Overlook (MP 350.4). It climbs 2,203 ft, with sections as steep as 41% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 95/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi2,556 – 4,761 ft · steepest grade: 41%4.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Snook's Nose 35.71796, -82.22267

Nearest town Graphite, NC

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Green Knob Overlook (MP 350.4)–Laurel Log Branch Trail, 3 sights

4.4 mi · ▲ 2,203 ft · 2 hr 34 min

Elevation 2,556–4,761 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Snook's Nose · 35.71796, -82.22267

Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 75°F / low 64° · precip 21% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 7:04 AM · sunset 7:54 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

Start on Snook's Nose, heading S.
50 ftPass Green Knob Overlook (MP 350.4).
0.6 miTurn right onto Laurel Log Branch Trail, heading SW.
1.6 miReach Green Knob Overlook (MP 350.4), then turn around and head back the way you came.
1.6 miTurn left onto Snook's Nose, heading N.
0.6 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

71% dirt29% unspecified

Weather

Overcast75°F64°

Precip21%Wind7 mphUV7Humidity64%

Hourly temperatureRain chance

75°60°

7:04 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM7:54 PM

Sat 76°65° 15%

Sun 72°59° 66%

Mon 64°56° 62%

Tue 68°51°

Wed 77°53°

Thu 78°59°

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Parking lot at the trailhead

Green Knob Overlook (MP 350.4)–Laurel Log Branch Trail, 3 sights

Elevation

Getting there

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Green Knob Overlook (MP 350.4)–Laurel Log Branch Trail, 3 sights

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