Pine Mountain Trail

Pine Mountain Trail: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this trek: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Pine Mountain Trail

Season: October to February.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

How to reach Pine Mountain Trail — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 37.09814, -82.81311. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Pine Mountain Trail

• Halls Butt · viewpoint · Letcher · ~9 km · Must-see
• Pine Mountain · viewpoint · Letcher · ~17 km · Must-see
• North Fork of the Pound · sanctuary · Letcher · ~18 km · Must-see
• Lilley Cornett Woods · park · Letcher · ~20 km · Must-see
• North Fork Pound Reservoir · lake · Letcher · ~21 km · Must-see
• Pound Gap · sanctuary · Letcher · ~21 km · Must-see
• Kentucky Coal Mining Museum · museum · Harlan · ~24 km · Must-see
• Clinch Ranger District Cluster · sanctuary · Letcher · ~24 km · Must-see
• Black Mountain · viewpoint · Harlan · ~27 km · Must-see
• Carr Creek Lake · lake · Knott · ~27 km · Must-see
• Roaring Branch · sanctuary · Harlan · ~32 km · Must-see
• Powell Valley · viewpoint · Harlan · ~32 km · Must-see
• High Knob · viewpoint · Harlan · ~35 km · Must-see
• High Knob · viewpoint · Wise · ~35 km · Must-see
• Pine Mountain · viewpoint · Dickenson · ~37 km · Must-see
• Camp Rock · viewpoint · Harlan · ~37 km · Must-see
• Ralph Stanley Museum · museum · McDowell · ~40 km · Must-see
• Stone Mountain Wilderness · sanctuary · Lee · ~41 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Pine Mountain Trail

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• Great Eastern Trail - Energy Trail · trek · Pike · ~76 km
• Great Eastern Trail - Pine Mountain Link · trek · Harlan · ~86 km
• Brumley Mountain Trail · trek · Washington · ~94 km
• Channels Trail · trek · Washington · ~99 km
• Abingdon Urban Pathway · trek · Washington · ~107 km
• Knob Creek Trail · trek · East Tennessee · ~116 km
• State of Franklin Linear trail · trek · East Tennessee · ~118 km
• Lost State Scenic Walkway · trek · East Tennessee · ~118 km
• Downtown Spur · trek · East Tennessee · ~120 km
• Rock Bridge Trail #207 · trek · Wolfe · ~125 km

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