Table Rock Mountain–Devil's Cellar Overlook, 4 sights is a 3.1-mile out-and-back in Linville Gorge Wilderness near Wisemans View, NC. The route passes Devil's Cellar Overlook before reaching Table Rock Mountain at the turnaround, 1.5 miles in. It climbs 1,088 ft, with sections as steep as 39% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 93/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi2,897 – 3,934 ft · steepest grade: 39%3.2 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Table Rock Gap Trail 35.90268, -81.87845
Nearest town Wisemans View, NC
Directions
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Table Rock Mountain–Devil's Cellar Overlook, 4 sights
3.1 mi · ▲ 1,088 ft · 1 hr 35 min
Elevation 2,897–3,935 ft
Out & Back · Linville Gorge Wilderness
Trailhead: Table Rock Gap Trail · 35.90268, -81.87845
Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 84°F / low 70° · precip 19% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 7:03 AM · sunset 7:53 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Table Rock Gap Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Mountains-to-Sea Trail/ Table Rock Gap, heading S.
- 1 miTurn left, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Devil's Cellar Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftPass Devil's Cellar Overlook.
- 350 ftSharp left onto Table Rock Summit Trail, heading E.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Table Rock South View Access, heading SE.
- 150 ftBear right onto Table Rock Summit Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftReach Table Rock Mountain, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftBear left onto Table Rock South View Access, heading N.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Table Rock Summit Trail, heading NE.
- 0.1 miSharp right onto Devil's Cellar Trail, heading N.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Mountains-to-Sea Trail/ Table Rock Gap, heading SW.
- 1 miTurn left onto Table Rock Gap Trail, heading W.
- 0.3 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
OvercastTemperature 84°F70°
Precip19%Wind4 mphUV7Humidity86%
Hourly temperatureRain chance
85°70°
Sunrise 7:03 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 7:53 PM
Sat
87°71°
16%
Sun
89°65°
72%
Mon
74°63°
57%
Tue
77°58°
Wed
86°60°
Thu
86°64°
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.0 mi in (~40 min). Leave by 6:53 PM for the 7:53 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:32 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp. Car visible from the viewpoint
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Table Rock Gap Trail Trailhead
- Mountains-to-Sea Trail–Rich Cove Road Loop, 3 sights 2.1 mi · ▲ 530 ft
- Table Rock South View Access Viewpoint–Devil's Cellar Overlook, 4 sights 3 mi · ▲ 1,054 ft
- Cathedral Falls–Spence Ridge Trail, 3 sights 4.4 mi · ▲ 1,014 ft
- The Chimneys–Mountains-to-Sea Viewpoint, 5 sights 4.9 mi · ▲ 1,225 ft
- Mountains-to-Sea Viewpoint–Mountains-to-Sea Trail/ Table Rock Gap Loop, 5 sights 5.4 mi · ▲ 1,319 ft
- Devil's Cliff–Lower Cross, 3 sights 8.8 mi · ▲ 2,332 ft
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