Grey Rock–Grey Rock Overlook, 5 sights is a 14.3-mile out-and-back in Buffalo Creek Park near Shumont, NC. The route passes Grey Rock Overlook and Grey Rock. It climbs 3,729 ft, with sections as steep as 30% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 77/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi1,099 – 3,101 ft · steepest grade: 30%14.4 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 35.47614, -82.23969
Nearest town Shumont, NC
Directions
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Grey Rock–Grey Rock Overlook, 5 sights
14.3 mi · ▲ 3,729 ft · 6 hr 38 min
Elevation 1,100–3,102 ft
Out & Back · Buffalo Creek Park
Trailhead: 35.47614, -82.23969
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 7:05 AM · sunset 7:52 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Weed Patch Mountain Trail, heading W.
- 3.1 miContinue straight onto Lottie Queen Stamper Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftPass Grey Rock Overlook.
- 50 ftPass Grey Rock.
- 100 ftBear right onto Weed Patch Mountain Trail, heading S.
- 2.2 miContinue straight onto Buffalo Creek Park Loop, heading NE.
- 1.7 miReach Grey Rock, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.7 miContinue straight onto Weed Patch Mountain Trail, heading SW.
- 2.2 miBear left onto Lottie Queen Stamper Trail, heading N.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Weed Patch Mountain Trail, heading N.
- 3.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.1 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
98% dirt2% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 7:05 AMSunset 7:52 PM
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