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.
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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
- Start on Shut-In Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftPass Big Ridge Overlook (MP 403.6).
- 1.9 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading SE.
- 0.8 miContinue straight onto Three Humps, heading NE.
- 0.5 miPass Green Top.
- 0.7 miPass Yellow Gap.
- 2.2 miPass Ingles Fields Gap.
- 100 ftBear right onto Ingles Field Gap, heading E.
- 150 ftBear left onto North Boundary Road, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Northern Boundary Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miPass Wolf Knob.
- 150 ftReach Green Top, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto North Boundary Road, heading SW.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Ingles Field Gap, heading W.
- 150 ftBear left onto North Boundary Road, heading W.
- 3.4 miContinue straight onto Three Humps, heading SW.
- 0.8 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Shut-In Trail, heading SW.
- 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.
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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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- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Shut-In Trail Trailhead
- Big Ridge Overlook (MP 403.6)–Beaver Dam Gap Overlook (MP 401.7), 7 sights 15.2 mi · ▲ 3,401 ft
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