Lookout Rock & Green Gap via Appalachian Trail
9.4 mi · ▲ 2,736 ft · 4 hr 30 min
Lookout Rock & Green Gap via Appalachian Trail is a 9.4-mile out-and-back near Fontana Village, NC. The route passes Green Gap before reaching Lookout Rock at the turnaround, 4.7 miles in. It climbs 2,736 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 66/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Lookout Rock & Green Gap via Appalachian Trail
9.4 mi · ▲ 2,736 ft · 4 hr 30 min
Elevation 2,538–3,736 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 35.41132, -83.77773
Weather Sep 4: Fog, high 85°F / low 69° · precip 8% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 7:11 AM · sunset 8:00 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Appalachian Trail, heading NE.
- 2.7 miContinue straight onto Yellow Creek Mountain Trail, heading NW.
- 1.5 miPass Green Gap.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Lookout Rock Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftReach Lookout Rock, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Yellow Creek Mountain Trail, heading W.
- 100 ftBear right, heading W.
- 1.6 miContinue straight onto Appalachian Trail, heading E.
- 3 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 0.1 mi in (~3 min). Leave by 7:36 PM for the 8:00 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:17 PM — 8 min before dark. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint
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