Mount Pisgah–Little Bald Mountain, 9 sights is a 12-mile out-and-back near Wolf Ford, NC. The route passes Little Bald Mountain and Buck Spring Viewpoint before reaching Mount Pisgah at the turnaround, 6 miles in. It climbs 3,732 ft, with sections as steep as 43% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 51/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi3,127 – 5,699 ft · steepest grade: 43%12.4 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Yellow Gap Road 35.38334, -82.71496
Nearest town Wolf Ford, NC
Directions
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Mount Pisgah–Little Bald Mountain, 9 sights
12 mi · ▲ 3,732 ft · 5 hr 52 min
Elevation 3,125–5,699 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Yellow Gap Road · 35.38334, -82.71496
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 7:06 AM · sunset 7:56 PM
Dogs allowed on leash · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Slate Rock Creek Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Pilot Cove Loop, heading NW.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Slate Rock Creek Trail, heading N.
- 1.6 miSharp left onto Slate Rock Connector, heading NE.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Laurel Mountain, heading N.
- 1.1 miBear right onto Little Bald Mountain Trail, heading SW.
- 0.6 miPass Little Bald Mountain.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Pilot Rock Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Buck Spring Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.2 miPass Buck Spring Viewpoint.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading N.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Mount Pisgah Trail, heading N.
- 1.2 miReach Mount Pisgah, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.2 miBear right onto Buck Spring Trail, heading E.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Pilot Rock Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Little Bald Mountain Trail, heading S.
- 0.6 miBear left onto Laurel Mountain, heading SE.
- 1.1 miTurn right onto Slate Rock Connector, heading NE.
- 0.5 miSharp right onto Slate Rock Creek Trail, heading SW.
- 1.6 miContinue straight onto Pilot Cove Loop, heading SW.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Slate Rock Creek Trail, heading NW.
- 500 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
99% dirt1% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 7:06 AMSunset 7:56 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 5.0 mi in (~194 min). Leave by 4:22 PM for the 7:56 PM sunset. Back at your car by 10:27 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Dogs allowed on leash
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Yellow Gap Road Trailhead
- Yellow Gap Road 2.2 mi · ▲ 191 ft
- Pilot Connector–Pilot Cove Loop Loop, 5 sights 3.2 mi · ▲ 388 ft
- Yellow Gap Road 3.3 mi · ▲ 318 ft
- Yellow Gap Road 4 mi · ▲ 357 ft
- Yellow Gap Road 6.9 mi · ▲ 868 ft
- Yellow Gap Road 10.3 mi · ▲ 659 ft
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