North Mills River Trail & Yellow Gap Road is a 13.9-mile out-and-back near Wolf Ford, NC. It climbs 1,869 ft and is mostly gravel. It scores 91/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi2,231 – 3,206 ft14.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Yellow Gap Road 35.38334, -82.71496
Nearest town Wolf Ford, NC
Directions
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North Mills River Trail & Yellow Gap Road
13.9 mi · ▲ 1,869 ft · 5 hr 34 min
Elevation 2,231–3,205 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Yellow Gap Road · 35.38334, -82.71496
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 7:06 AM · sunset 7:56 PM
Bikes allowed on the whole route · Horses allowed on the whole route · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Yellow Gap Road, heading SE.
- 7 miReach North Mills River Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 6.9 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
95% gravel5% dirt
Weather
Sunrise 7:06 AMSunset 7:56 PM
Good to know
- Bikes allowed on the whole route
- Horses allowed on the whole route
- 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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