Table Rock Mountain–Devil's Cellar Overlook, 5 sights is a 13.1-mile out-and-back in Linville Gorge Wilderness near Cold Springs, NC. The route passes Devil's Cellar Overlook before reaching Table Rock Mountain at the turnaround, 6.6 miles in. It climbs 3,714 ft, with sections as steep as 30% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 74/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi1,978 – 3,934 ft · steepest grade: 30%13.4 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 35.94715, -81.85554
Nearest town Cold Springs, NC
Directions
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Table Rock Mountain–Devil's Cellar Overlook, 5 sights
13.1 mi · ▲ 3,714 ft · 6 hr 13 min
Elevation 1,979–3,935 ft
Out & Back · Linville Gorge Wilderness
Trailhead: 35.94715, -81.85554
Weather Sep 4: sunrise 7:02 AM · sunset 7:53 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Steels Creek Trail, heading E.
- 1.4 miTurn right onto Lettered Rock, heading SW.
- 2.2 miSharp left, heading S.
- 1 miBear right onto Table Rock Gap Trail, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Mountains-to-Sea Trail/ Table Rock Gap, heading SE.
- 1 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 100 ftPass Devil's Cellar Overlook.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Devil's Cellar Trail, heading SW.
- 350 ftSharp left onto Table Rock Summit Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Table Rock South View Access, heading NE.
- 100 ftBear right onto Table Rock Summit Trail, heading E.
- 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 S.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Table Rock Summit Trail, heading NE.
- 0.1 miSharp right onto Devil's Cellar Trail, heading SW.
- 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 NE.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading NE.
- 1 miSharp right onto Lettered Rock, heading E.
- 2.2 miTurn left onto Steels Creek Trail, heading NE.
- 1.4 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.4 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
85% dirt15% gravel
Weather
Sunrise 7:02 AMSunset 7:53 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 6.0 mi in (~202 min). Leave by 4:11 PM for the 7:53 PM sunset. Back at your car by 11:08 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Steels Creek Trail 3.7 mi · ▲ 641 ft
- Windling Stair Knob 3.9 mi · ▲ 760 ft
- Steels Creek Trail 4.8 mi · ▲ 792 ft
- Hawksbill Mountain–Hawksbill Viewpoint, 4 sights 10 mi · ▲ 2,837 ft
- Devil's Cliff & Raspberry Ridge via Jonas Ridge Trail 10.1 mi · ▲ 2,484 ft
- Gingercake Mountain–Lettered Rock, 4 sights 11.1 mi · ▲ 2,543 ft
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