Sharpy Mountain via Turkey Pen Gap Trail
5 mi · ▲ 1,554 ft · 2 hr 27 min
Sharpy Mountain via Turkey Pen Gap Trail is a 5-mile out-and-back near Turkey Pen Gap, NC. The route reaches Sharpy Mountain. It climbs 1,554 ft, with sections as steep as 31% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 79/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi2,661 – 3,350 ft · steepest grade: 31%5.1 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Turkey Pen Gap Trailhead 35.34256, -82.65927
Nearest town Turkey Pen Gap, NC
Directions
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Sharpy Mountain via Turkey Pen Gap Trail
5 mi · ▲ 1,554 ft · 2 hr 27 min
Elevation 2,661–3,351 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
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Turkey Pen Gap Trail, heading W.
- 1.4 miPass Sharpy Mountain.
- 1 miContinue straight onto Wagon Road Gap, heading SW.
- 0.1 miReach Sharpy Mountain, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Turkey Pen Gap Trail, heading NE.
- 2.4 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
100% dirt
Weather
ClearTemperature 88°F66°
Precip21%Wind5 mphUV7Humidity70%
Rained 0.1″ 7 days ago
Hourly temperatureRain chance
90°65°
Sunrise 7:06 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 7:55 PM
Sat
92°68°
Sun
88°66°
61%
Mon
74°64°
41%
Tue
78°59°
Wed
85°60°
Thu
89°63°
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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