Moors Gap–Corvair Trail, 5 sights
4.1 mi · ▲ 762 ft · 1 hr 45 min
Moors Gap–Corvair Trail, 5 sights is a 4.1-mile out-and-back near Bent Creek, NC. The route reaches Moors Gap at the turnaround, 2.1 miles in. It climbs 762 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade. It scores 66/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Moors Gap–Corvair Trail, 5 sights
4.1 mi · ▲ 762 ft · 1 hr 45 min
Elevation 2,186–2,842 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Rice Pinnacle Road · 35.49653, -82.61524
Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 91°F / low 67° · precip 14% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 7:06 AM · sunset 7:55 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Rice Pinnacle Road, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Neighborhood Trail, heading NE.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.7 miTurn left onto Corvair Trail, heading N.
- 500 ftTurn right onto North Boundary Road, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading W.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Northern Boundary Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftReach Moors Gap, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto North Boundary Road, heading SW.
- 0.7 miTurn left onto Corvair Trail, heading E.
- 500 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading E.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Neighborhood Trail, heading S.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Rice Pinnacle Road, heading S.
- 0.4 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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- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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