Pots Cove–Pots Cove Gap, 5 saddles
9.4 mi · ▲ 2,397 ft · 4 hr 20 min
Pots Cove–Pots Cove Gap, 5 saddles is a 9.4-mile out-and-back near Coleman, NC. The route passes Long Gap and Pots Cove Gap before reaching Pots Cove at the turnaround, 4.7 miles in. It climbs 2,397 ft, with sections as steep as 41% grade. It scores 84/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Pots Cove–Pots Cove Gap, 5 saddles
9.4 mi · ▲ 2,397 ft · 4 hr 20 min
Elevation 2,216–3,913 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Mill Creek Road · 35.63922, -82.25778
Weather Sep 5: Partly cloudy, high 90°F / low 73° · precip 21% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 7:04 AM · sunset 7:54 PM
Dogs allowed on leash · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Mill Creek Road, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left onto Parris Creek Trail, heading N.
- 2.4 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 1.2 miBear right onto Old Mitchell Toll Road, heading W.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Old Trestle Road, heading NW.
- 50 ftPass Long Gap.
- 0.7 miPass Pots Cove Gap.
- 50 ftBear right, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 100 ftReach Pots Cove, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 100 ftBear right, heading N.
- 0.8 miBear right onto Old Mitchell Toll Road, heading SW.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading SE.
- 1.2 miTurn right onto Parris Creek Trail, heading E.
- 2.4 miBear right onto Mill Creek Road, heading SE.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Dogs allowed on leash
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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