Butter Gap–Cedar Rock Mountain Trail, 3 sights
2.3 mi · ▲ 466 ft · 1 hr
Butter Gap–Cedar Rock Mountain Trail, 3 sights is a 2.3-mile out-and-back near Balsam Grove, NC. The route reaches Butter Gap at the turnaround, 1.2 miles in. It climbs 466 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade. It scores 94/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi3,025 – 3,402 ft · steepest grade: 16%2.5 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Catheys Creek Road 35.24976, -82.82175
Nearest town Balsam Grove, NC
Directions
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Butter Gap–Cedar Rock Mountain Trail, 3 sights
2.3 mi · ▲ 466 ft · 1 hr
Elevation 3,026–3,402 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Catheys Creek Road · 35.24976, -82.82175
Weather Sep 4: Partly cloudy, high 85°F / low 68° · precip 19% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 7:07 AM · sunset 7:56 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Catheys Creek Road, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right onto Low Gap Road, heading NE.
- 0.8 miTurn right onto Art Loeb Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Cedar Rock Mountain Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miReach Butter Gap, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Art Loeb Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Low Gap Road, heading W.
- 0.5 miBear left onto Catheys Creek Road, heading N.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
33% dirt1% gravel66% unspecified
Weather
Partly cloudyTemperature 85°F68°
Precip19%Wind3 mphUV7Humidity79%
Hourly temperatureRain chance
85°65°
Sunrise 7:07 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 7:56 PM
Sat
88°70°
17%
Sun
85°66°
61%
Mon
72°64°
42%
Tue
75°59°
Wed
83°60°
Thu
89°64°
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Catheys Creek Road Trailhead
- 471A & Worm Hole via Catheys Creek Road 3.3 mi · ▲ 380 ft
- Rich Mountain via Art Loeb Trail 3.3 mi · ▲ 512 ft
- Low Gap Road–Searcy Connector, 3 sights 3.4 mi · ▲ 584 ft
- Long Loeb LWO via Catheys Creek Road 3.6 mi · ▲ 419 ft
- 471C via Catheys Creek Road 3.9 mi · ▲ 314 ft
- Catheys Creek Road 4.6 mi · ▲ 407 ft
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