Buckwheat Knob Road via Avery Creek Road
6.5 mi · ▲ 1,191 ft · 2 hr 46 min
Buckwheat Knob Road via Avery Creek Road is a 6.5-mile out-and-back near Wolf Ford, NC. It climbs 1,191 ft and is mostly gravel. It scores 76/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi2,530 – 3,373 ft6.6 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Avery Creek Road 35.31495, -82.74925
Nearest town Wolf Ford, NC
Directions
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Buckwheat Knob Road via Avery Creek Road
6.5 mi · ▲ 1,191 ft · 2 hr 46 min
Elevation 2,528–3,374 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Avery Creek Road · 35.31495, -82.74925
Weather Sep 4: Mostly clear, high 86°F / low 68° · precip 20% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 7:07 AM · sunset 7:56 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Avery Creek Road, heading N.
- 2.2 miTurn right onto Buckwheat Knob Road, heading NW.
- 1.1 miReach Buckwheat Knob Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.1 miTurn left onto Avery Creek Road, heading E.
- 2.1 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
65% gravel35% unspecified
Weather
Mostly clearTemperature 86°F68°
Precip20%Wind4 mphUV7Humidity76%
Rained 0.9″ 7 days ago
Hourly temperatureRain chance
90°65°
Sunrise 7:07 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 7:56 PM
Sat
90°71°
17%
Sun
87°67°
62%
Mon
72°64°
43%
Tue
78°60°
Wed
85°61°
Thu
89°65°
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Avery Creek Road Trailhead
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- Avery Creek Road–Perry Cove, 3 sights 4.4 mi · ▲ 332 ft
- Avery Creek–Buckhorn Gap Loop, 3 sights 4.6 mi · ▲ 768 ft
- Avery Creek Road 5 mi · ▲ 983 ft
- Bennet Gap & Perry Cove Loop via Avery Creek Road 5.1 mi · ▲ 1,134 ft
- Club Gap & Avery Creek 6 mi · ▲ 1,384 ft
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