Green Gap & Lookout Rock Trail via Yellow Creek Mountain Trail
4.5 mi · ▲ 1,812 ft · 2 hr 24 min
Green Gap & Lookout Rock Trail via Yellow Creek Mountain Trail is a 4.5-mile out-and-back near Yellow Creek, NC. The route reaches Green Gap. It climbs 1,812 ft, with sections as steep as 33% grade. It scores 54/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Green Gap & Lookout Rock Trail via Yellow Creek Mountain Trail
4.5 mi · ▲ 1,812 ft · 2 hr 24 min
Elevation 2,101–3,617 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Lookout Rock Trail · 35.42894, -83.83347
Weather Sep 4: Fog, high 88°F / low 69° · precip 6% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 7:11 AM · sunset 8:00 PM
- Start on Whiting Rail Trail, heading NE.
- 0.1 miSharp right onto Benton MacKaye Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Lookout Rock Trail, heading S.
- 0.5 miPass Green Gap.
- 50 ftBear left onto Yellow Creek Mountain Trail, heading SE.
- 1.5 miReach Green Gap, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.5 miBear right onto Lookout Rock Trail, heading W.
- 0.5 miBear right onto Benton MacKaye Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miSharp left onto Whiting Rail Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.1 mi in (~60 min). Leave by 6:40 PM for the 8:00 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:42 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint
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