Avery Creek–Bennet Gap, 4 sights is a 7.6-mile out-and-back near Millbrook Estates, NC. It climbs 1,539 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 70/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi2,267 – 2,907 ft · steepest grade: 19%8.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Coontree Loop 35.28967, -82.76283
Nearest town Millbrook Estates, NC
Directions
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Avery Creek–Bennet Gap, 4 sights
7.6 mi · ▲ 1,539 ft · 3 hr 18 min
Elevation 2,267–2,908 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Coontree Loop · 35.28967, -82.76283
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 7:07 AM · sunset 7:54 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Coontree Loop, heading N.
- 1.1 miBear right onto Bennet Gap, heading E.
- 0.9 miSharp left onto Avery Creek Road, heading W.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Pressley Cove, heading NW.
- 300 ftContinue straight onto Avery Creek Road, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Perry Cove, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear left onto Avery Creek Road, heading NW.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Avery Creek, heading NE.
- 0.8 miTurn right onto Buckhorn Gap, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right onto Avery Creek, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Buckhorn Gap, heading NW.
- 400 ftReach Bennet Gap, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 350 ftTurn right onto Avery Creek, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left onto Buckhorn Gap, heading NW.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Avery Creek, heading NW.
- 0.8 miBear left onto Avery Creek Road, heading S.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Perry Cove, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Avery Creek Road, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Pressley Cove, heading SE.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Avery Creek Road, heading SE.
- 150 ftSharp right onto Bennet Gap, heading SE.
- 0.9 miBear left onto Coontree Loop, heading NW.
- 1.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
75% dirt23% gravel2% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 7:07 AMSunset 7:54 PM
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Coontree Loop Trailhead
- Coontree Loop 2.3 mi · ▲ 641 ft
- Coontree Loop via Bennet Gap 3.4 mi · ▲ 1,029 ft
- Saddle Gap Road via Bennet Gap 6.2 mi · ▲ 1,574 ft
- Pressley Gap–Bennet Gap, 5 sights 8.3 mi · ▲ 2,333 ft
- Club Gap–Buckhorn Gap, 6 sights 14.5 mi · ▲ 3,378 ft
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