North Carolina trails · Boulevard Trail
Boulevard Trail
A 5.2-mile out-and-back in North Carolina, with 1,072 ft of climbing. Reaches Mount Le Conte and other pass/summit destinations.
Elevation profile
Most of the climbing sits in the final third — 56% of the ascent, between mile 3.5 and mile 5.2. It gives back about 1,010 ft along the way, so it rolls rather than climbing steadily.
3-D terrain
USGS 3DEP ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Reaches
- Mount Le Conte (summit)
- High Top (summit)
- Alum Gap (pass)
- Myrtle Point (summit)
- Anakeesta Knob (summit)
- Mount Kephart (summit)
Daylight at the trailhead
On October 14, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 7:13 a.m., the sun rises at 7:38 a.m. and sets at 6:59 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 7:25 p.m. (EDT) — 11 h 21 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 10.4-mile round trip takes roughly 4 h 56 min, so leaving the trailhead at sunrise puts you back around 12:34 p.m. — 6 h 25 min before sunset.
Across the border
- Continues into TN as Appalachian Trail — view on the map
- Continues into TN as Rainbow Falls Trail — view on the map
- Continues into TN as Trillium Gap Trail — view on the map
Nearby trails
- Welch Ridge Trail — 10.9 mi
- Thomas Divide Trail — 11.0 mi
- Balsam Mountain Trail — 11.8 mi
- Noland Divide Trail — 11.9 mi