Silvermine Bald–Art Loeb Trail, 5 sights is a 15.1-mile out-and-back near Big East Fork, NC. The route reaches Silvermine Bald. It climbs 3,645 ft, with sections as steep as 38% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 33/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi4,551 – 5,962 ft · steepest grade: 38%15.4 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Graveyard Fields Loop Trail 35.31997, -82.84750
Nearest town Big East Fork, NC
Directions
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Silvermine Bald–Art Loeb Trail, 5 sights
15.1 mi · ▲ 3,645 ft · 6 hr 51 min
Elevation 4,551–5,962 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Graveyard Fields Loop Trail · 35.31997, -82.84750
Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 77°F / low 63° · precip 17% · wind 9 mph · sunrise 7:08 AM · sunset 7:55 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Graveyard Fields Loop Trail, heading W.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Graveyard Ridge Trail, heading N.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Mountains-to-Sea Trail, heading N.
- 3.7 miPass Silvermine Bald.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Art Loeb Trail, heading SW.
- 2.5 miTurn left, heading W.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Deep Gap Road, heading SW.
- 300 ftReach Silvermine Bald, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 300 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Art Loeb Trail, heading SW.
- 2.5 miTurn right onto Mountains-to-Sea Trail, heading W.
- 3.8 miBear right, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Graveyard Ridge Trail, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Graveyard Fields Loop Trail, heading S.
- 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
82% dirt18% unspecified
Weather
OvercastTemperature 77°F63°
Precip17%Wind9 mphUV7Humidity73%
Rained 0.1″ 6 days ago
Hourly temperatureRain chance
80°60°
Sunrise 7:08 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 7:55 PM
Sun
76°62°
67%
Mon
63°56°
59%
Tue
68°50°
16%
Wed
77°52°
Thu
77°56°
25%
Fri
74°56°
43%
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 7.3 mi in (~227 min). Leave by 3:47 PM for the 7:55 PM sunset. Back at your car by 12:03 AM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Graveyard Fields Loop Trail Trailhead
- Upper Falls–Graveyard Fields Loop Trail, 3 sights 2.8 mi · ▲ 295 ft
- Second Falls via Mountains-to-Sea Trail 3.7 mi · ▲ 536 ft
- Grassy Cove Top–Art Loeb Trail, 4 sights 9.3 mi · ▲ 1,300 ft
- Art Loeb Spur Trail–Art Loeb Trail, 5 sights 9.9 mi · ▲ 1,945 ft
- Second Falls–Bridges Camp Gap Trail, 5 sights 10.8 mi · ▲ 2,045 ft
- Black Balsam Knob–Art Loeb Trail, 6 sights 12.2 mi · ▲ 1,568 ft
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