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Green Top–Wolf Knob, 6 summits is a 14.3-mile out-and-back near Stony Fork, NC. The route passes Big Ridge Overlook (MP 403.6), Green Top, Yellow Gap and Ingles Fields Gap before reaching Wolf Knob at the turnaround, 7.1 miles in. It climbs 3,338 ft, with sections as steep as 27% grade. It scores 48/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi2,904 – 4,029 ft · steepest grade: 27%14.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Shut-In Trail 35.45035, -82.70925
Nearest town Stony Fork, NC

Directions

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Green Top–Wolf Knob, 6 summits

14.3 mi · ▲ 3,338 ft · 6 hr 26 min

Elevation 2,905–4,030 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Shut-In Trail · 35.45035, -82.70925

Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 84°F / low 68° · precip 17% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 7:06 AM · sunset 7:56 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Shut-In Trail, heading N.
  2. 50 ftPass Big Ridge Overlook (MP 403.6).
  3. 1.9 miBear left, heading N.
  4. 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
  5. 0.2 miBear right, heading SE.
  6. 0.8 miContinue straight onto Three Humps, heading NE.
  7. 0.5 miPass Green Top.
  8. 0.7 miPass Yellow Gap.
  9. 2.2 miPass Ingles Fields Gap.
  10. 100 ftBear right onto Ingles Field Gap, heading E.
  11. 150 ftBear left onto North Boundary Road, heading E.
  12. 0.4 miTurn right onto Northern Boundary Trail, heading N.
  13. 0.2 miPass Wolf Knob.
  14. 150 ftReach Green Top, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  15. 0.2 miTurn left onto North Boundary Road, heading SW.
  16. 0.4 miBear right onto Ingles Field Gap, heading W.
  17. 150 ftBear left onto North Boundary Road, heading W.
  18. 3.4 miContinue straight onto Three Humps, heading SW.
  19. 0.8 miBear left, heading S.
  20. 0.2 miBear left, heading NW.
  21. 0.2 miBear right onto Shut-In Trail, heading SW.
  22. 1.9 miArrive 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% dirt31% gravel36% unspecified

Weather

OvercastTemperature 84°F68°
Precip17%Wind6 mphUV7Humidity63%
Hourly temperatureRain chance
85°65° 2 PM: 2% rain3 PM: 9% rain4 PM: 16% rain5 PM: 17% rain6 PM: 9% rain7 PM: 6% rain8 PM: 3% rain9 PM: 1% rain
Sunrise 7:06 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 7:56 PM
Sat 86°70°
Sun 86°63° 59%
Mon 69°61° 35%
Tue 76°55°
Wed 81°57°
Thu 84°60°

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.3 mi in (~11 min). Leave by 7:24 PM for the 7:56 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:19 PM — 3 min before dark.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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