Mt. Pisgah Trailhead — Attraction in Canton

The trail is a moderate in difficulty hike which is around 2.5 miles or so round trip. It starts flat behind the large Mt. Pisgah information board. Then the trail veers left, narrows, and goes up on log steps. A short side trail on the right allows for your first good views to the north - layers upon layers of ridges.

The trail climbs on good rock steps through countless varieties of spring and summer flowers. Before the trail turns right at 1.1 miles, you have a good southwestern view of the prominent tower.

The trail turns right to continue more steeply. Closer to the top, the trail switchbacks on log steps and you can see the tower in front of you.

You will come to an observation platform. On a clear day, you can see Cold Mountain to the west, and Pisgah Inn, Looking Glass Rock and Frying Pan Mountain and Tower to the southwest. Behind you to the north, the most prominent thing is the TV transmission tower for the local ABC affiliate. You return the same way you went up.

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This was a fun/ moderately challenging trail to walk. In total it took me 48 minutes to walk including breaks, the first 25 minutes were okay you had to walk through a few streams that flowed across the trail (see my last video on the trail) but the last 23 minutes will really test your endurance because you have to climb up stepping stone rocks ranging from small to medium sized up the mountain and add streams that flow down the rocks which created very slippery areas to walk. If you take your time and pace yourself you'll be fine. I saw many other hikers with their dogs make it to the top just fine. Once you reach the news attenna at the top of the mountain the views are absolutely gorgeous and well worth the hike up. The hike back down was really easy. I also had cell service most of the hike up so I was able to keep track of my steps, and there were plenty of parking spots for this trail,...

We stayed at the Pisgah Inn, and hiked to the top of Mt Pisgah from our room. The easy trail leaves from the north end of the parking lot and heads over a couple of small hills on its way to the base of the climb. There you’ll find a parking area, and you could start here for a shorter hike. The more strenuous climb to the top from here is rather steep, with lots of stone stairs. We’re not fast hikers, and we stopped a lot to look at warblers on the way, so it took us an hour and 45 minutes from the Inn to the summit. There’s a good 360 degree view from a wooden platform at the top. Heading back down, it was steep and a bit slippery. We took the trail the the campground on the way back, which is less maintained — narrow and somewhat overgrown in places.

Overall a great short day hike if you’re...