Ogle Gap & Deep Gap Road
9.2 mi · ▲ 2,790 ft · 4 hr 28 min
Ogle Gap & Deep Gap Road is a 9.2-mile out-and-back in Big Tom Wilson Preserve near Cattail Creek Community, NC. The route reaches Ogle Gap at the turnaround, 4.6 miles in. It climbs 2,790 ft, with sections as steep as 32% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 85/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Ogle Gap & Deep Gap Road
9.2 mi · ▲ 2,790 ft · 4 hr 28 min
Elevation 3,962–5,566 ft
Out & Back · Big Tom Wilson Preserve
Trailhead: 35.81096, -82.27206
Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 81°F / low 66° · precip 18% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 7:04 AM · sunset 7:54 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Deep Gap Road, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 1.9 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 2.7 miReach Ogle Gap, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 4.6 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 1.6 mi in (~77 min). Leave by 6:17 PM for the 7:54 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:47 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
More from this trailhead
- Deep Gap Road 3.8 mi · ▲ 1,483 ft
- Black Mountain Crest 9.9 mi · ▲ 3,327 ft
- Deep Gap–Black Mountain Crest, 3 sights 13.2 mi · ▲ 4,785 ft
- Picnic–Black Mountain Crest, 3 sights 14.8 mi · ▲ 5,322 ft
- Horse Rock–Duck pond, 6 sights 16 mi · ▲ 5,967 ft
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