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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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 0.9 miSharp left onto Sheep Rock, heading SE.
  3. 0.4 miPass Yellow Gap.
  4. 50 ftBear right onto Three Humps, heading S.
  5. 0.7 miReach Green Top, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 0.7 miBear left onto Sheep Rock, heading NW.
  7. 0.4 miSharp right, heading NW.
  8. 0.9 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

20% dirt80% unspecified

Weather

OvercastTemperature 90°F72°
Precip19%Wind2 mphUV7Humidity75%
Hourly temperatureRain chance
90°70° 1 AM: 3% rain10 AM: 1% rain11 AM: 1% rain12 PM: 1% rain1 PM: 2% rain2 PM: 8% rain3 PM: 12% rain4 PM: 12% rain5 PM: 19% rain6 PM: 19% rain7 PM: 7% rain8 PM: 9% rain9 PM: 6% rain10 PM: 9% rain11 PM: 12% rain
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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