Mount Pisgah & Mount Pisgah Trail is a 4.2-mile out-and-back near Stony Fork, NC. The route reaches Mount Pisgah at the turnaround, 2.1 miles in. It climbs 1,013 ft, with sections as steep as 26% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 13/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi4,846 – 5,699 ft · steepest grade: 26%4.4 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Mount Pisgah Trail 35.40716, -82.75296
Nearest town Stony Fork, NC
Directions
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Mount Pisgah & Mount Pisgah Trail
4.2 mi · ▲ 1,013 ft · 1 hr 54 min
Elevation 4,844–5,699 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Mount Pisgah Trail · 35.40716, -82.75296
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 7:07 AM · sunset 7:54 PM
Dogs allowed on leash · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Mount Pisgah Trail, heading NE.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading N.
- 1.7 miReach Mount Pisgah, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.6 miBear right, heading SW.
- 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
98% dirt2% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 7:07 AMSunset 7:54 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.1 mi in (~34 min). Leave by 7:01 PM for the 7:54 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:41 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp. Car visible from the viewpoint
Good to know
- Dogs allowed on leash
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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