Green Top–Beaver Dam Gap Overlook (MP 401.7) Loop, 9 sights
5.6 mi · ▲ 1,985 ft · 2 hr 52 min
Green Top–Beaver Dam Gap Overlook (MP 401.7) Loop, 9 sights is a 5.6-mile loop near Beaverdam, NC. The route passes Beaver Dam Gap Overlook (MP 401.7), Bent Creek Gap and Green Top. It climbs 1,985 ft, with sections as steep as 39% grade. It scores 35/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Green Top–Beaver Dam Gap Overlook (MP 401.7) Loop, 9 sights
5.6 mi · ▲ 1,985 ft · 2 hr 52 min
Elevation 2,481–4,023 ft
Loop
Trailhead: Shut-In Trail · 35.45388, -82.68008
Weather Sep 4: Mostly clear, high 85°F / low 67° · precip 16% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 7:06 AM · sunset 7:55 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Shut-In Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftPass Beaver Dam Gap Overlook (MP 401.7).
- 1.8 miTurn right onto Bent Creek Gap Road, heading S.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Wash Creek Road, heading NE.
- 100 ftReach Green Top, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftPass Bent Creek Gap.
- 150 ftSharp right onto Bent Creek Gap Road, heading S.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto pinetree, heading N.
- 0.5 miBear left onto South Ridge Road, heading NE.
- 100 ftSharp left onto Bent Creek Gap Road, heading NE.
- 0.1 miSharp right onto Lower Sidehill Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto .5, heading E.
- 0.8 miPass Green Top.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Three Humps, heading W.
- 1.3 miBear left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading NW.
- 0.1 miThe loop closes back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.6 mi in (~24 min). Leave by 7:11 PM for the 7:55 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:24 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Shut-In Trail Trailhead
- Beaver Dam Gap Overlook (MP 401.7) & Three Humps Loop via Shut-In Trail 2.3 mi · ▲ 670 ft
- Big Ridge Overlook (MP 403.6) & Beaver Dam Gap Overlook (MP 401.7) via Shut-In Trail 3.9 mi · ▲ 1,043 ft
- Cold Knob–Beaver Dam Gap Overlook (MP 401.7), 4 sights 4.5 mi · ▲ 1,557 ft
- Spencer Branch Upper & Spencer Gap 4.8 mi · ▲ 962 ft
- Fletcher Creek Trail–Spencer Branch Upper Loop, 5 sights 6.6 mi · ▲ 1,241 ft
- Wash Creek Road 6.7 mi · ▲ 1,030 ft
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