Sunset Rock, Highlands

Date	Distance	Time	Elevation Gain	Average Moving Time	Year to Date Miles
11/26/2022	1.6 miles	45 minutes	239'	2.2	923

Parking: 

• See 100 Favorite Trails map. $3 parking fee per car.

Maps:

• Gaia GPS 
• 100 Favorite Trails of the Carolinas and the Blue Ridge (for directions)

Directions:

• See 100 Favorite Trails map

Carolina Mountain Club Challenges:

• 100 Favorite Trails Challenge

Our second hike of the day was to Sunset and Sunrise Rock in Highlands. Parking is across from the Highlands Nature Center. I'd like to stop in there sometime, but we didn't have time today. We had a short road walk, and then turned off onto a gravel road. This hike is odd, in that the majority of the hike is a gravel road, which is driveable by high clearance vehicles. We actually saw around 5 non-high clearance vehicles drive up the road and make it. I wouldn't drive my car up it. So, we weren't there at sunset, but I found the view at Sunset Rock under-whelming. We headed over to sunrise rock, which had a better view. But still under-whelmed. Walked back down. On the positive side, the walk had easy footing, so good for Glen's ankle. I figured we'd go home after this hike, but Glen said he wanted to do the 3rd hike we had planned.