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Buckhorn Gap–Clawhammer Road, 6 sights

15.1 mi · ▲ 1,279 ft · 5 hr 40 min

Buckhorn Gap–Clawhammer Road, 6 sights is a 15.1-mile out-and-back near Wolf Ford, NC. The route reaches Buckhorn Gap. It climbs 1,279 ft. It scores 84/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi3,074 – 3,563 ft15.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Yellow Gap Road 35.38334, -82.71496
Nearest town Wolf Ford, NC
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Buckhorn Gap–Clawhammer Road, 6 sights

15.1 mi · ▲ 1,279 ft · 5 hr 40 min

Elevation 3,073–3,563 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Yellow Gap Road · 35.38334, -82.71496

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 7:06 AM · sunset 7:56 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Yellow Gap Road, heading SW.
  2. 1.8 miSharp left onto Wolf Ford Road, heading SE.
  3. 3.1 miContinue straight onto Buckhorn Gap, heading NW.
  4. 1.7 miPass Buckhorn Gap.
  5. 150 ftTurn right onto Soapstone Road, heading SE.
  6. 50 ftContinue straight onto Clawhammer Road, heading S.
  7. 0.5 miBear right onto Henry Branch Extension, heading W.
  8. 0.4 miReach Buckhorn Gap, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 0.4 miBear left, heading N.
  10. 450 ftContinue straight onto Clawhammer Road, heading N.
  11. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Soapstone Road, heading E.
  12. 50 ftTurn left onto Buckhorn Gap, heading E.
  13. 1.8 miContinue straight onto South Mills River Road, heading NE.
  14. 3.1 miSharp right onto Yellow Gap Road, heading NW.
  15. 1.7 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/buckhorn-gap-buckhorn-gap-out-back-7-sights

Trail surface

48% dirt42% gravel10% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:06 AMSunset 7:56 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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