Avery Creek–Buckhorn Gap Loop, 3 sights is a 4.6-mile loop near Wolf Ford, NC. It climbs 768 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 87/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi2,441 – 3,166 ft · steepest grade: 22%4.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Avery Creek Road 35.31495, -82.74925
Nearest town Wolf Ford, NC
Directions
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Avery Creek–Buckhorn Gap Loop, 3 sights
4.6 mi · ▲ 768 ft · 1 hr 55 min
Elevation 2,442–3,165 ft
Loop
Trailhead: Avery Creek Road · 35.31495, -82.74925
Weather Sep 4: Mostly clear, high 86°F / low 68° · precip 20% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 7:07 AM · sunset 7:56 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Avery Creek, heading N.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Clawhammer Cove, heading SE.
- 1 miTurn left onto Clawhammer Road, heading NW.
- 0.7 miTurn right onto Buckhorn Gap, heading NW.
- 1.2 miContinue straight onto Twin Falls Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right onto Buckhorn Gap, heading S.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Avery Creek, heading S.
- 450 ftBear left onto Buckhorn Gap, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Avery Creek, heading SE.
- 0.7 miThe loop closes back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
84% dirt16% unspecified
Weather
Mostly clearTemperature 86°F68°
Precip20%Wind4 mphUV7Humidity76%
Rained 0.9″ 7 days ago
Hourly temperatureRain chance
90°65°
Sunrise 7:07 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 7:56 PM
Sat
90°71°
17%
Sun
87°67°
62%
Mon
72°64°
43%
Tue
78°60°
Wed
85°61°
Thu
89°65°
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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