Yonahlossee Overlook & Tanawha Viewpoint via Tanawha Trail
3.1 mi · ▲ 657 ft · 1 hr 22 min
Yonahlossee Overlook & Tanawha Viewpoint via Tanawha Trail is a 3.1-mile out-and-back near Grandfather, NC. The route passes Yonahlossee Overlook before reaching Tanawha Viewpoint at the turnaround, 1.5 miles in. It climbs 657 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Yonahlossee Overlook & Tanawha Viewpoint via Tanawha Trail
3.1 mi · ▲ 657 ft · 1 hr 22 min
Elevation 4,346–4,681 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 36.09671, -81.81134
Weather Sep 4: Fog, high 80°F / low 64° · precip 14% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 7:02 AM · sunset 7:53 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 50 ftPass Yonahlossee Overlook.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Tanawha Trail, heading NE.
- 1.4 miPass Tanawha Viewpoint.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftReach Yonahlossee Overlook, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.4 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 400 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Beacon Heights–Yonahlossee Overlook, 4 viewpoints 4 mi · ▲ 710 ft
- Yonahlossee Overlook–Mountains-to-Sea Trail, 5 sights 15 mi · ▲ 3,032 ft
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