Perry Cove & Saddle Gap Road Loop via Avery Creek Road
3.8 mi · ▲ 717 ft · 1 hr 38 min
Perry Cove & Saddle Gap Road Loop via Avery Creek Road is a 3.8-mile loop near Wolf Ford, NC. It climbs 717 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade. It scores 79/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi2,362 – 3,055 ft · steepest grade: 22%4.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Avery Creek Road 35.30801, -82.74507
Nearest town Wolf Ford, NC
Directions
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Perry Cove & Saddle Gap Road Loop via Avery Creek Road
3.8 mi · ▲ 717 ft · 1 hr 38 min
Elevation 2,362–3,054 ft
Loop
Trailhead: Avery Creek Road · 35.30801, -82.74507
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 7:07 AM · sunset 7:54 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Avery Creek Road, heading NW.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Perry Cove, heading SW.
- 1 miSharp right onto Saddle Gap Road, heading NW.
- 0.7 miSharp right onto Avery Creek Road, heading NW.
- 1.9 miBear right onto Perry Cove, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Avery Creek Road, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftThe loop closes back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
53% gravel24% dirt23% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 7:07 AMSunset 7:54 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Avery Creek Road Trailhead
- Avery Creek & Perry Cove via Avery Creek Road 4.1 mi · ▲ 477 ft
- Pressley Gap–Maxwell Cove, 4 sights 4.5 mi · ▲ 1,048 ft
- Bennet Gap & Pressley Cove 4.8 mi · ▲ 1,242 ft
- Avery Creek–Clawhammer Road, 4 sights 7.7 mi · ▲ 1,239 ft
- Sharpy Mountain–Pressley Gap, 5 sights 14.6 mi · ▲ 3,989 ft
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