Club Gap–Buckhorn Gap, 6 sights
14.5 mi · ▲ 3,378 ft · 6 hr 31 min
Club Gap–Buckhorn Gap, 6 sights is a 14.5-mile out-and-back near Millbrook Estates, NC. The route passes Club Gap and Buckhorn Gap. It climbs 3,378 ft, with sections as steep as 28% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 60/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi2,267 – 4,055 ft · steepest grade: 28%14.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Coontree Loop 35.28967, -82.76283
Nearest town Millbrook Estates, NC
Directions
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Club Gap–Buckhorn Gap, 6 sights
14.5 mi · ▲ 3,378 ft · 6 hr 31 min
Elevation 2,267–4,056 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Coontree Loop · 35.28967, -82.76283
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 7:07 AM · sunset 7:54 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Coontree Loop, heading N.
- 1.1 miTurn left onto Bennet Gap, heading NW.
- 1.9 miBear right onto Buckwheat Knob, heading NW.
- 1.5 miPass Club Gap.
- 50 ftBear right onto Black Mountain Trail, heading NE.
- 1.9 miPass Buckhorn Gap.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Clawhammer Road, heading E.
- 0.5 miBear right onto Henry Branch Extension, heading W.
- 0.4 miReach Club Gap, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading NE.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Clawhammer Road, heading N.
- 0.4 miSharp left onto Black Mountain Trail, heading E.
- 1.9 miBear left onto Buckwheat Knob, heading W.
- 1.5 miBear left onto Bennet Gap, heading S.
- 1.9 miTurn right onto Coontree Loop, heading SE.
- 1.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
89% dirt11% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 7:07 AMSunset 7:54 PM
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Coontree Loop 2.3 mi · ▲ 641 ft
- Coontree Loop via Bennet Gap 3.4 mi · ▲ 1,029 ft
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