Lower Pilot Mountain Road & Pilot Mountain Road via Art Loeb Trail
2.8 mi · ▲ 582 ft · 1 hr 13 min
Lower Pilot Mountain Road & Pilot Mountain Road via Art Loeb Trail is a 2.8-mile out-and-back near Balsam Grove, NC. It climbs 582 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade. It scores 84/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi3,255 – 3,639 ft · steepest grade: 21%2.8 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Art Loeb Trail 35.26590, -82.84691
Nearest town Balsam Grove, NC
Directions
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Lower Pilot Mountain Road & Pilot Mountain Road via Art Loeb Trail
2.8 mi · ▲ 582 ft · 1 hr 13 min
Elevation 3,255–3,638 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Art Loeb Trail · 35.26590, -82.84691
Weather Sep 4: Partly cloudy, high 85°F / low 67° · precip 19% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 7:07 AM · sunset 7:56 PM
- Start on Art Loeb Trail, heading W.
- 0.5 miBear right onto Pilot Mountain Road, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Lower Pilot Mountain Road, heading NW.
- 0.7 miReach Pilot Mountain Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.7 miTurn right onto Pilot Mountain Road, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Art Loeb Trail, heading SE.
- 0.5 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
33% dirt67% unspecified
Weather
Partly cloudyTemperature 85°F67°
Precip19%Wind4 mphUV7Humidity75%
Hourly temperatureRain chance
85°65°
Sunrise 7:07 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 7:56 PM
Sat
88°69°
17%
Sun
82°64°
61%
Mon
69°63°
42%
Tue
75°58°
Wed
82°59°
Thu
86°63°
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- Lower Chestnut Falls–Art Loeb Trail, 5 sights 13.8 mi · ▲ 4,140 ft
- Rich Mountain–Kagle Mountain Road, 3 summits 15.7 mi · ▲ 2,813 ft
- Upper Courthouse Falls–Lower Chestnut Falls, 7 sights 16.1 mi · ▲ 4,519 ft
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