Mountains-to-Sea Trail & Rich Cove Road
10 mi · ▲ 2,129 ft · 4 hr 24 min
Mountains-to-Sea Trail & Rich Cove Road is a 10-mile out-and-back near Wisemans View, NC. It climbs 2,129 ft, with sections as steep as 36% grade. It scores 86/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Mountains-to-Sea Trail & Rich Cove Road
10 mi · ▲ 2,129 ft · 4 hr 24 min
Elevation 1,484–3,376 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Mountains-to-Sea Trail · 35.88677, -81.88489
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 7:03 AM · sunset 7:51 PM
Toilets at the trailhead
- Start on Table Rock Road, heading SE.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.7 miBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 350 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.3 miSharp left onto Rich Cove Road, heading E.
- 0.6 miSharp right, heading E.
- 150 ftSharp left onto Mountains-to-Sea Trail, heading NE.
- 3.2 miReach Rich Cove Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 3.2 miSharp right, heading W.
- 150 ftSharp left onto Rich Cove Road, heading SW.
- 0.6 miSharp right, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 100 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 0.7 miTurn right onto Table Rock Road, heading SW.
- 300 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:31 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:51 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:17 PM.
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- Toilets at the trailhead
More from Mountains-to-Sea Trail Trailhead
- The Chimneys & Mountains-to-Sea Trail 2.2 mi · ▲ 444 ft
- Mountains-to-Sea Viewpoint–Mountains-to-Sea Trail/ Table Rock Gap, 3 sights 2.7 mi · ▲ 893 ft
- Rich Cove Road Loop 3.4 mi · ▲ 889 ft
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