Art Loeb Trail, Pisgah National Forest

Name: Art Loeb Trail
Address: Pisgah National Forest, United States

#1 among attractions in Pisgah National Forest

Hiking, Hiking trail

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The Art Loeb Trail is a 30.1-mile trail located in Pisgah National Forest in Western North Carolina. The northern terminus is at the Daniel Boone Boy Scout Camp in Haywood County, while the trail's southern terminus is located near the Davidson River Campground, near Brevard, in Transylvania County. Along the way, the trail traverses several significant peaks, including Black Balsam Knob, Tennent Mountain and Pilot Mountain. The trail also passes the base of Cold Mountain, made famous by the novel and film. ()

Length: 30.1 miMaximum elevation: 6214 ftCoordinates: 35°16'42"N, 82°51'58"W

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Day trips

Art Loeb Trail – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Looking Glass Falls, Graveyard Fields, Sliding Rock, Black Balsam Knob.

5.6 miE
Natural attraction, Waterfall, Park
Looking Glass Falls, Brevard
144 min walk • Looking Glass Falls is a waterfall in Western North Carolina, located near Brevard.
3.2 miN
Valley, Nature, Natural attraction
Graveyard Fields, Brevard
82 min walk • Graveyard Fields is the name of a flat mountain valley in the Blue Ridge Mountains of western North Carolina. The valley, itself over 5,000 feet in elevation, is surrounded by mountains exceeding 6,000 feet in elevation, such as Black Balsam Knob, Tennent Mountain, and Sam Knob.
5 miNE
Natural attraction, Waterfall, Geologic formation
Sliding Rock, Brevard
128 min walk • Sliding Rock is a waterfall in Western North Carolina, located near Brevard, so named because visitors can slide all the way down the waterfall into the plunge pool below.
3.4 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Black Balsam Knob, Pisgah National Forest
88 min walk • Black Balsam Knob, also known as Black Balsam Bald, is in the Pisgah National Forest southwest of Asheville, North Carolina, near milepost 420 on the Blue Ridge Parkway. It is the second highest mountain in the Great Balsam Mountains.
5.5 miNE
Natural attraction, Waterfall, Hiking trail
Moore Cove Falls, Pisgah National Forest
141 min walk • Moore Cove Falls is a waterfall in Pisgah National Forest in Western North Carolina, located near Brevard.
4.5 miNE
Natural attraction, Mountain, Geologic formation
Looking Glass Rock, Pisgah National Forest
114 min walk • Looking Glass Rock is a pluton monolith in the Appalachian Mountains of western North Carolina, United States.
3.7 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Waterfall
Cedar Rock Falls, Pisgah National Forest
96 min walk • Cedar Rock Falls is a waterfall in Transylvania County, North Carolina, USA.
4 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Waterfall
Slick Rock Falls, Pisgah National Forest
103 min walk • Slick Rock Falls is a waterfall in Western North Carolina, located near Brevard.
2.4 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Devil's Courthouse, Thunder Ridge Wilderness
61 min walk • Devil's Courthouse is a mountain in the Appalachian Mountains of western North Carolina in the United States of America. The mountain is located at the Western edge of the Pisgah National Forest about 10 miles northwest of Brevard and 28 miles southwest of Asheville.
1.6 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Waterfall
Courthouse Falls, Pisgah National Forest
42 min walk • Courthouse Falls is a waterfall in Western North Carolina, located near Balsam Grove.
6.9 miNE
Nature and wildlife, Historical place, Park
Biltmore Forest School, Brevard
177 min walk • The Biltmore Forest School was the first school of forestry in North America. The school of "practical forestry" was founded by Carl A. Schenck in 1898 on George W. Vanderbilt's Biltmore Estate near Asheville, North Carolina. The school grounds are now part of Pisgah National Forest in Transylvania County, North Carolina.