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Buck Creek Gap Parking Overlook (MP 344.1)–Buck Creek Gap, 3 saddles

4.9 mi · ▲ 1,106 ft · 2 hr 11 min

Buck Creek Gap Parking Overlook (MP 344.1)–Buck Creek Gap, 3 saddles is a 4.9-mile out-and-back near Busick, NC. The route passes Buck Creek Gap Parking Overlook (MP 344.1) and Buck Creek Gap. It climbs 1,106 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 22/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi3,347 – 3,727 ft · steepest grade: 17%5.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Mountains-to-Sea Trail 35.75679, -82.17669
Nearest town Busick, NC
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Buck Creek Gap Parking Overlook (MP 344.1)–Buck Creek Gap, 3 saddles

4.9 mi · ▲ 1,106 ft · 2 hr 11 min

Elevation 3,347–3,728 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Mountains-to-Sea Trail · 35.75679, -82.17669

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 7:04 AM · sunset 7:54 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Mountains-to-Sea Trail, heading NW.
  2. 1.8 miPass Buck Creek Gap Parking Overlook (MP 344.1).
  3. 150 ftPass Buck Creek Gap.
  4. 0.7 miReach Buck Creek Gap Parking Overlook (MP 344.1), then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 2.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/buck-creek-gap-parking-overlook-mp-344-1-buck-creek-gap-out-back-3-saddles

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 7:04 AMSunset 7:54 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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