Green Top–Yellow Gap, 3 summits is a 4.1-mile out-and-back near Beaverdam, NC. The route passes Yellow Gap before reaching Green Top at the turnaround, 2 miles in. It climbs 1,334 ft, with sections as steep as 32% grade. It scores 76/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi2,664 – 3,790 ft · steepest grade: 32%4.1 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 35.48898, -82.67009
Nearest town Beaverdam, NC
Directions
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Green Top–Yellow Gap, 3 summits
4.1 mi · ▲ 1,334 ft · 2 hr 2 min
Elevation 2,663–3,791 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 35.48898, -82.67009
Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 90°F / low 72° · precip 19% · wind 2 mph · sunrise 7:07 AM · sunset 7:54 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 0.9 miSharp left onto Sheep Rock, heading SE.
- 0.4 miPass Yellow Gap.
- 50 ftBear right onto Three Humps, heading S.
- 0.7 miReach Green Top, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.7 miBear left onto Sheep Rock, heading NW.
- 0.4 miSharp right, heading NW.
- 0.9 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
20% dirt80% unspecified
Weather
OvercastTemperature 90°F72°
Precip19%Wind2 mphUV7Humidity75%
Hourly temperatureRain chance
90°70°
Sunrise 7:07 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 7:54 PM
Sun
84°67°
66%
Mon
75°63°
51%
Tue
80°57°
Wed
85°58°
Thu
87°61°
20%
Fri
84°64°
40%
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