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Bull Gap & Rattlesnake Lodge Trail via Mountains-to-Sea Trail

3.7 mi · ▲ 895 ft · 1 hr 41 min

Bull Gap & Rattlesnake Lodge Trail via Mountains-to-Sea Trail is a 3.7-mile out-and-back near Rattlesnake Lodge, NC. The route reaches Bull Gap at the turnaround, 1.9 miles in. It climbs 895 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi3,160 – 3,711 ft · steepest grade: 20%3.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Rattlesnake Lodge Trail 35.66557, -82.46187
Nearest town Rattlesnake Lodge, NC
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Bull Gap & Rattlesnake Lodge Trail via Mountains-to-Sea Trail

3.7 mi · ▲ 895 ft · 1 hr 41 min

Elevation 3,159–3,711 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Rattlesnake Lodge Trail · 35.66557, -82.46187

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 7:06 AM · sunset 7:53 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Rattlesnake Lodge Trail, heading E.
  2. 0.4 miSharp left onto Mountains-to-Sea Trail, heading SW.
  3. 1.4 miTurn right onto Mountains to Sea Trail Connector, heading NE.
  4. 150 ftReach Bull Gap, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 150 ftTurn left onto Mountains-to-Sea Trail, heading NE.
  6. 1.4 miSharp right onto Rattlesnake Lodge Trail, heading S.
  7. 0.4 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/bull-gap-rattlesnake-lodge-trail-out-back-6-km

Weather

Sunrise 7:06 AMSunset 7:53 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.3 mi in (~17 min). Leave by 7:17 PM for the 7:53 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:16 PM — 3 min before dark. Car visible from the viewpoint

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