AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Pressley Gap–Bennet Gap, 5 sights

8.3 mi · ▲ 2,333 ft · 3 hr 56 min

Pressley Gap–Bennet Gap, 5 sights is an 8.3-mile out-and-back near Millbrook Estates, NC. The route reaches Pressley Gap. It climbs 2,333 ft, with sections as steep as 26% grade. It scores 73/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi2,267 – 3,330 ft · steepest grade: 26%8.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Coontree Loop 35.28967, -82.76283
Nearest town Millbrook Estates, NC
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Pressley Gap–Bennet Gap, 5 sights

8.3 mi · ▲ 2,333 ft · 3 hr 56 min

Elevation 2,267–3,329 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Coontree Loop · 35.28967, -82.76283

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 7:07 AM · sunset 7:54 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Coontree Loop, heading N.
  2. 1.1 miBear right onto Bennet Gap, heading E.
  3. 0.9 miSharp left onto Avery Creek Road, heading W.
  4. 150 ftContinue straight onto Pressley Cove, heading NW.
  5. 1.1 miSharp right onto Maxwell Cove, heading N.
  6. 0.3 miPass Pressley Gap.
  7. 50 ftTurn left onto Turkey Creek Road, heading SE.
  8. 0.7 miReach Pressley Gap, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 0.7 miTurn right onto Maxwell Cove, heading S.
  10. 0.3 miSharp left onto Pressley Cove, heading N.
  11. 1.1 miContinue straight onto Avery Creek Road, heading W.
  12. 150 ftSharp right onto Bennet Gap, heading W.
  13. 0.9 miBear left onto Coontree Loop, heading SW.
  14. 1.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/pressley-gap-out-back

Trail surface

50% dirt1% gravel49% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:07 AMSunset 7:54 PM

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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