Sharpy Mountain via Turkey Pen Gap Trail
2.8 mi · ▲ 903 ft · 1 hr 23 min
Sharpy Mountain via Turkey Pen Gap Trail is a 2.8-mile out-and-back near Turkey Pen Gap, NC. The route reaches Sharpy Mountain at the turnaround, 1.4 miles in. It climbs 903 ft, with sections as steep as 36% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 75/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Sharpy Mountain via Turkey Pen Gap Trail
2.8 mi · ▲ 903 ft · 1 hr 23 min
Elevation 2,661–3,346 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Turkey Pen Gap Trailhead · 35.34256, -82.65927
Weather Sep 4: Clear, high 88°F / low 66° · precip 21% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 7:06 AM · sunset 7:55 PM
Bikes allowed on the whole route · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Turkey Pen Gap Trail, heading W.
- 1.4 miReach Sharpy Mountain, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Bikes allowed on the whole route
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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