Upper Falls–Graveyard Fields Loop Trail, 3 sights is a 2.8-mile out-and-back near Big East Fork, NC. The route reaches Upper Falls at the turnaround, 1.4 miles in. It climbs 295 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 5/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi5,033 – 5,276 ft3.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Graveyard Fields Loop Trail 35.32040, -82.84694
Nearest town Big East Fork, NC
Directions
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Upper Falls–Graveyard Fields Loop Trail, 3 sights
2.8 mi · ▲ 295 ft · 1 hr 5 min
Elevation 5,034–5,277 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Graveyard Fields Loop Trail · 35.32040, -82.84694
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 7:07 AM · sunset 7:56 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 0.5 miBear left onto Graveyard Upper Falls Trail, heading N.
- 0.9 miReach Upper Falls, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.9 miBear right onto Graveyard Fields Loop Trail, heading NE.
- 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
67% dirt1% rock32% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 7:07 AMSunset 7:56 PM
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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