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

  1. Start on Turkey Pen Gap Trail, heading W.
  2. 1.4 miPass Sharpy Mountain.
  3. 1 miContinue straight onto Wagon Road Gap, heading SW.
  4. 0.1 miReach Sharpy Mountain, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Turkey Pen Gap Trail, heading NE.
  6. 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° 1 PM: 1% rain2 PM: 3% rain3 PM: 9% rain4 PM: 13% rain5 PM: 21% rain6 PM: 12% rain7 PM: 7% rain8 PM: 4% rain9 PM: 2% rain
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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