Scott Mountain–Baldwin Gap, 3 saddles is a 9.3-mile out-and-back near Bent Creek, NC. The route passes Mease Gap and Baldwin Gap before reaching Scott Mountain at the turnaround, 4.6 miles in. It climbs 1,811 ft, with sections as steep as 30% grade. It scores 73/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi2,159 – 2,959 ft · steepest grade: 30%9.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Rice Pinnacle Road 35.49653, -82.61524
Nearest town Bent Creek, NC
Directions
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Scott Mountain–Baldwin Gap, 3 saddles
9.3 mi · ▲ 1,811 ft · 4 hr
Elevation 2,158–2,961 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Rice Pinnacle Road · 35.49653, -82.61524
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 7:07 AM · sunset 7:54 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Rice Pinnacle Road, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.3 miSharp left onto Deer Lake Road, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 350 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Ledford Trail, heading SW.
- 0.5 miSharp left onto Ledford Branch Road, heading N.
- 0.3 miSharp right, heading N.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Northern Boundary Trail, heading N.
- 250 ftPass Mease Gap.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading NW.
- 0.4 miSharp right, heading NW.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 150 ftPass Baldwin Gap.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading N.
- 0.7 miSharp right, heading W.
- 0.7 miReach Scott Mountain, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.7 miSharp left, heading SW.
- 0.7 miSharp right, heading SE.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 200 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 0.6 miSharp left, heading S.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.4 miSharp left onto Ledford Branch Road, heading S.
- 0.3 miSharp right onto Ledford Trail, heading N.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading SE.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Deer Lake Road, heading SE.
- 100 ftSharp right, heading SE.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Deer Lake Lodge Trail, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Rice Pinnacle Road, heading SE.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
36% dirt64% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 7:07 AMSunset 7:54 PM
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Rice Pinnacle Road Trailhead
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- Deer Lake Road–Ledford Branch Road Loop, 4 sights 2.7 mi · ▲ 163 ft
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- Deer Lake Lodge Trail–South Ridge Road, 3 sights 8.6 mi · ▲ 1,213 ft
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