Graveyard Fields Loop Trail & Graveyard Ridge Trail via Mountains-to-Sea Trail is a 7.8-mile out-and-back near Big East Fork, NC. It climbs 1,417 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 33/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi5,033 – 5,883 ft · steepest grade: 20%8.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Art Loeb & Black Balsam Knob Trailhead 35.32079, -82.87608
Nearest town Big East Fork, NC
Directions
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Graveyard Fields Loop Trail & Graveyard Ridge Trail via Mountains-to-Sea Trail
7.8 mi · ▲ 1,417 ft · 3 hr 19 min
Elevation 5,033–5,883 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Art Loeb & Black Balsam Knob Trailhead · 35.32079, -82.87608
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 7:07 AM · sunset 7:56 PM
- Start on Mountains-to-Sea Trail, heading NE.
- 2.7 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Graveyard Ridge Trail, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Graveyard Fields Loop Trail, heading S.
- 0.6 miReach Graveyard Ridge Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Graveyard Ridge Trail, heading E.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Mountains-to-Sea Trail, heading NE.
- 2.6 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
69% dirt31% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 7:07 AMSunset 7:56 PM
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