Bennet Gap & Pressley Cove
4.8 mi · ▲ 1,242 ft · 2 hr 13 min
Bennet Gap & Pressley Cove is a 4.8-mile out-and-back near Wolf Ford, NC. It climbs 1,242 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 63/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi2,267 – 2,907 ft · steepest grade: 22%4.9 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Avery Creek Road 35.30801, -82.74507
Nearest town Wolf Ford, NC
Directions
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Bennet Gap & Pressley Cove
4.8 mi · ▲ 1,242 ft · 2 hr 13 min
Elevation 2,267–2,908 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Avery Creek Road · 35.30801, -82.74507
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 7:07 AM · sunset 7:54 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Avery Creek Road, heading SE.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Pressley Cove, heading E.
- 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 W.
- 1.1 miReach Pressley Cove, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.1 miBear right onto Bennet Gap, heading N.
- 0.9 miSharp left onto Avery Creek Road, heading E.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Pressley Cove, heading E.
- 300 ftContinue straight onto Avery Creek Road, heading E.
- 0.2 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
85% dirt13% gravel2% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 7:07 AMSunset 7:54 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Avery Creek Road Trailhead
- Perry Cove & Saddle Gap Road Loop via Avery Creek Road 3.8 mi · ▲ 717 ft
- Avery Creek & Perry Cove via Avery Creek Road 4.1 mi · ▲ 477 ft
- Pressley Gap–Maxwell Cove, 4 sights 4.5 mi · ▲ 1,048 ft
- Avery Creek–Clawhammer Road, 4 sights 7.7 mi · ▲ 1,239 ft
- Sharpy Mountain–Pressley Gap, 5 sights 14.6 mi · ▲ 3,989 ft
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