Pilot Rock Trail

Pilot Rock 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 Pilot Rock 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.

Visiting Pilot Rock Trail: tips

• Start early, check the weather and tell someone your route.

How to reach Pilot Rock Trail — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 35.39754, -82.73819. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Pilot Rock Trail

• Mount Pisgah · sanctuary · East Tennessee · ~4 km · Must-see
• Old Butt Knob · viewpoint · East Tennessee · ~12 km · Must-see
• Pisgah View State Park · sanctuary · Buncombe · ~13 km · Must-see
• Cold Mountain · viewpoint · East Tennessee · ~13 km · Must-see
• Looking Glass Rock · viewpoint · Transylvania · ~14 km · Must-see
• Shining Rock · viewpoint · East Tennessee · ~15 km · Must-see
• Graveyard Fields · viewpoint · East Tennessee · ~16 km · Must-see
• Robinson Rock House Ruin and Plantation Site · fort · Greenville · ~17 km · Must-see
• Tennent Mountain · viewpoint · East Tennessee · ~17 km · Must-see
• Black Balsam Knob · viewpoint · East Tennessee · ~18 km · Must-see
• North Carolina Arboretum · park · East Tennessee · ~20 km · Must-see
• North Carolina Arboretum · park · Buncombe · ~20 km · Must-see
• Devil's Courthouse · viewpoint · East Tennessee · ~22 km · Must-see
• Tanasee Bald · viewpoint · East Tennessee · ~25 km · Must-see
• Lake Julian · lake · East Tennessee · ~25 km · Must-see
• Lake Ashnoca · lake · East Tennessee · ~26 km · Must-see
• Holmes Educational State Forest · sanctuary · Greenville · ~29 km · Must-see
• Big Butt Mountain · viewpoint · East Tennessee · ~29 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Pilot Rock Trail

Other treks near Pilot Rock Trail

• Mountains-to-Sea Trail · trek · Buncombe · ~61 km · Must-see
• Bartram Trail · trek · Macon · ~89 km · Must-see
• Benton MacKaye Trail · trek · Cherokee · ~125 km · Must-see
• Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail · trek · Burke · ~142 km · Must-see
• Arkaquah Trail · trek · Union · ~145 km · Must-see
• Tanawha Trail · trek · Caldwell · ~147 km · Must-see
• Foothills Trail · trek · Pickens · ~63 km
• Boulevard Trail · trek · East Tennessee · ~84 km
• Alum Cave Trail · trek · East Tennessee · ~87 km
• Little Bald Mountain Trail · trek · Transylvania · ~2 km

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