Tanawha Viewpoint & Tanawha Trail is a 3.4-mile out-and-back near Grandfather, NC. The route reaches Tanawha Viewpoint at the turnaround, 1.7 miles in. It climbs 605 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi4,170 – 4,446 ft4.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Beacon Heights Trail 36.08391, -81.83018
Nearest town Grandfather, NC
Directions
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Tanawha Viewpoint & Tanawha Trail
3.4 mi · ▲ 605 ft · 1 hr 26 min
Elevation 4,170–4,446 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Beacon Heights Trail · 36.08391, -81.83018
Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 81°F / low 62° · precip 14% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 7:02 AM · sunset 7:53 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Beacon Heights Trail, heading E.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Tanawha Trail, heading E.
- 1.4 miBear left, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading NE.
- 100 ftReach Tanawha Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 100 ftSharp left, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 1.4 miContinue straight onto Beacon Heights Trail, heading SW.
- 50 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
83% dirt9% paved2% gravel2% boardwalk4% unspecified
Weather
OvercastTemperature 81°F62°
Precip14%Wind3 mphUV7Humidity84%
Hourly temperature
85°60°
Sunrise 7:02 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 7:53 PM
Sat
80°63°
17%
Sun
79°60°
69%
Mon
67°55°
49%
Tue
71°52°
Wed
77°55°
Thu
79°60°
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Beacon Heights Trail Trailhead
- Tanawha Trail 7.1 mi · ▲ 1,507 ft
- Mountains-to-Sea Trail–Roseboro Gragg Road, 4 sights 8.3 mi · ▲ 1,685 ft
- Beacon Heights–Beacon Heights Viewpoint, 5 sights 11.7 mi · ▲ 2,431 ft
- Marks Mountain Trail–Mountains-to-Sea Trail, 4 sights 13.1 mi · ▲ 2,279 ft
- Mountains-to-Sea Trail–Old House Gap Road, 3 sights 16 mi · ▲ 2,947 ft
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