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Shining Rock Wilderness

View Cherry Cove (MP 415.7)–Art Loeb Trail, 4 sights

11.1 mi · ▲ 3,238 ft · 5 hr 19 min

View Cherry Cove (MP 415.7)–Art Loeb Trail, 4 sights is an 11.1-mile out-and-back in Shining Rock Wilderness near Big East Fork, NC. The route reaches View Cherry Cove (MP 415.7). It climbs 3,238 ft, with sections as steep as 28% grade. It scores 53/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi3,967 – 5,860 ft · steepest grade: 28%11.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Mountains-to-Sea Trail 35.33473, -82.81577
Nearest town Big East Fork, NC
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View Cherry Cove (MP 415.7)–Art Loeb Trail, 4 sights

11.1 mi · ▲ 3,238 ft · 5 hr 19 min

Elevation 3,968–5,860 ft

Out & Back · Shining Rock Wilderness

Trailhead: Mountains-to-Sea Trail · 35.33473, -82.81577

Weather Sep 5: Light drizzle, high 80°F / low 65° · precip 31% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 7:08 AM · sunset 7:54 PM

  1. Start on Mountains-to-Sea Trail, heading SW.
  2. 50 ftPass View Cherry Cove (MP 415.7).
  3. 1 miSharp right onto Bridges Camp Gap Trail, heading N.
  4. 1.1 miSharp left onto Greasy Cove Trail, heading W.
  5. 2.7 miTurn left onto Art Loeb Trail, heading S.
  6. 0.4 miTurn left onto Ivestor Gap Trail, heading SW.
  7. 100 ftContinue straight onto Art Loeb Trail, heading S.
  8. 0.3 miReach View Cherry Cove (MP 415.7), then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Ivestor Gap Trail, heading N.
  10. 100 ftTurn right, heading N.
  11. 100 ftContinue straight onto Art Loeb Trail, heading N.
  12. 0.4 miTurn right, heading E.
  13. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Greasy Cove Trail, heading NE.
  14. 2.6 miSharp right onto Bridges Camp Gap Trail, heading SE.
  15. 1.1 miSharp left onto Mountains-to-Sea Trail, heading S.
  16. 0.9 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/view-cherry-cove-mp-415-7-out-back

Trail surface

31% dirt69% unspecified

Weather

Light drizzleTemperature 80°F65°
Precip31%Wind6 mphUV7Humidity75%
Hourly temperatureRain chance
80°65° 1 AM: 1% rain12 PM: 1% rain1 PM: 5% rain2 PM: 14% rain3 PM: 27% rain4 PM: 31% rain5 PM: 14% rain6 PM: 5% rain10 PM: 3% rain11 PM: 2% rain
Sunrise 7:08 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 7:54 PM
Sun 78°64° 38%
Mon 63°58° 55%
Tue 73°53° 26%
Wed 79°54°
Thu 76°58° 31%
Fri 71°59° 49%

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 5.1 mi in (~192 min). Leave by 4:22 PM for the 7:54 PM sunset. Back at your car by 10:39 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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