Pressley Gap–Maxwell Cove, 4 sights
4.5 mi · ▲ 1,048 ft · 2 hr 1 min
Pressley Gap–Maxwell Cove, 4 sights is a 4.5-mile out-and-back near Wolf Ford, NC. The route reaches Pressley Gap. It climbs 1,048 ft, with sections as steep as 26% grade. It scores 85/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi2,339 – 3,330 ft · steepest grade: 26%4.6 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Avery Creek Road 35.30801, -82.74507
Nearest town Wolf Ford, NC
Directions
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Pressley Gap–Maxwell Cove, 4 sights
4.5 mi · ▲ 1,048 ft · 2 hr 1 min
Elevation 2,338–3,329 ft
Out & Back
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 SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Pressley Cove, heading NE.
- 1 miContinue straight onto Maxwell Cove, heading N.
- 0.3 miPass Pressley Gap.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Turkey Creek Road, heading NE.
- 0.7 miReach Pressley Gap, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.7 miTurn right onto Maxwell Cove, heading S.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Pressley Cove, heading W.
- 1 miTurn right onto Avery Creek Road, heading W.
- 0.2 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
11% gravel89% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 7:07 AMSunset 7:54 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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