Mountains-to-Sea Viewpoint–Buck Spring Viewpoint, 4 sights is a 2.2-mile out-and-back near Stony Fork, NC. The route passes Buck Spring Viewpoint and Mountains-to-Sea Viewpoint. It climbs 427 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 3/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi4,925 – 5,115 ft · steepest grade: 18%2.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 35.41420, -82.75021
Nearest town Stony Fork, NC
Directions
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Mountains-to-Sea Viewpoint–Buck Spring Viewpoint, 4 sights
2.2 mi · ▲ 427 ft · 57 min
Elevation 4,926–5,114 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 35.41420, -82.75021
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 7:06 AM · sunset 7:56 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 300 ftSharp right, heading SE.
- 150 ftPass Buck Spring Viewpoint.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Buck Spring Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Mountains-to-Sea Trail, heading SW.
- 0.4 miPass Mountains-to-Sea Viewpoint.
- 0.3 miReach Mountains-to-Sea Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.7 miBear left onto Buck Spring Trail, heading NE.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 150 ftSharp left, heading NW.
- 200 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
92% dirt8% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 7:06 AMSunset 7:56 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.7 mi in (~23 min). Leave by 7:13 PM for the 7:56 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:28 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp. Car visible from the viewpoint
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