Buck Creek Gap Parking Overlook (MP 344.1)–Buck Creek Gap, 5 sights
7.5 mi · ▲ 1,983 ft · 3 hr 29 min
Buck Creek Gap Parking Overlook (MP 344.1)–Buck Creek Gap, 5 sights is a 7.5-mile out-and-back near Wildacres, NC. The route passes Buck Creek Gap before reaching Buck Creek Gap Parking Overlook (MP 344.1) at the turnaround, 3.7 miles in. It climbs 1,983 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 54/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Buck Creek Gap Parking Overlook (MP 344.1)–Buck Creek Gap, 5 sights
7.5 mi · ▲ 1,983 ft · 3 hr 29 min
Elevation 1,974–3,686 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Armstrong Creek Trail · 35.79241, -82.12901
Weather Sep 5: Clear, high 89°F / low 71° · precip 13% · wind 0 mph · sunrise 7:04 AM · sunset 7:54 PM
- Start on Armstrong Creek Trail, heading SW.
- 2.9 miTurn right onto Woods Mountain Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading SW.
- 0.6 miPass Buck Creek Gap.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Mountains-to-Sea Trail, heading SE.
- 150 ftReach Buck Creek Gap Parking Overlook (MP 344.1), then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.7 miBear right onto Woods Mountain Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Armstrong Creek Trail, heading NE.
- 2.8 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Armstrong Creek Trail–Victor Road, 3 sights 12.7 mi · ▲ 2,534 ft
- Rich Knob–Armstrong Creek Trail, 3 sights 13 mi · ▲ 2,605 ft
- Woods Mountain–Armstrong Creek Trail, 3 sights 15.7 mi · ▲ 4,203 ft
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