North Carolina hiking trails - Pilot Rock Trail, Blue Ridge Mountains, Transylvania County
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Latitude: 35.39889 Longitude: -82.73389
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| | North Carolina is a great outdoors state. Pilot Rock Trail is located quite a long drive from Asheville but there's great natural beauty awaiting you along it. But wait, there's more entertaining things to do in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Turkey Spring Gap is next to Pilot Rock Trail and is a glorious site, and if you're looking for a nice spree, Blue Ridge Parkway is relatively near. Just can't get enough of Pilot Rock Trail. You'll need more than a day to discover everything Pilot Rock Trail has to offer, you can camp at Asheville West KOA, and let's |
not forget Darb Branch which is a stream that you may run into while here. Paddling on Pigeon River - Big East Fork is so much fun, and folks from Asheville love to come here. Stay the night at Earthbound Lodging, and the beauty of mother nature reveals herself at Buck Spring.
| Little Darb Branch is one of the streams nearby that might be worth a visit, and whitewater paddling is fine on Looking Glass Creek. In the Blue Ridge Mountains there are many great hiking trails where beautiful scenery awaits you. The high level of precipitation makes Pilot Rock Trail a quite wet place; March is when you get the most rain here while October is the month with the least amount of precipitation. Not enough hours in a day to enjoy the Blue Ridge Mountains. Through the months of summer at Pilot Rock Trail temperatures are commonly in the | |
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80's, and through summer nights temperatures are in the 50's. Through the wintertime highs are generally in the 40's, and nighttime lows in the 20's for Pilot Rock Trail. When was the last time you got out in nature a bit? Pilot Rock Trail in Transylvania County, North Carolina is a great place to go.
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| These outdoors activities are available near Pilot Rock Trail. |
| | Trails Near Pilot Rock Trail:
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Thompson Ridge Trail, Transylvania County
, 1 miles away |
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Buck Spring Trail, Transylvania County
, 2 miles away |
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Laurel Mountain Trail, Henderson County
, 3 miles away |
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Black Mountain Trail, Transylvania County
, 4 miles away |
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Mullinax Trail, Transylvania County
, 5 miles away |
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Shut-In Trail, Buncombe County
, 6 miles away |
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Side Hill Trail, Buncombe County
, 8 miles away |
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| | Whitewater Near Pilot Rock Trail:
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Looking Glass Creek, Transylvania County
County
, 6 miles away, Class III-IV(V+) - 5 miles long (Along Highway 278) |
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Pigeon River - Big East Fork, Haywood County
County
, 6 miles away, Class III-V - 2.7 miles long (3800 foot countour line to US Route 276 Bridge) |
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Davidson River, Transylvania County
County
, 7 miles away, Class I-II - 5 miles long (FS Road 475 to Sycamore Flats) |
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Pigeon River - Big East Fork, -blank- County
County
, 7 miles away, Class IV-V+ - 5 miles long (Blue Ridge Parkway to Highway 276) |
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Davidson River, Transylvania County
County
, 8 miles away, Class III+(IV) - 3.5 miles long (Forest Service Road 475-A to Looking Glass Creek) |
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| | Hotels Near Pilot Rock Trail:
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Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites Brevard, Nc, Brevard
, 7 miles away |
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Asheville-Days Inn West, Candler
, 8 miles away |
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Rodeway Inn Brevard, Brevard
, 9 miles away |
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Holiday Inn ASHEVILLE - BILTMORE WEST, Asheville
, 11 miles away |
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Comfort Inn West, Asheville
, 11 miles away |
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