AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Sharpy Mountain–Pressley Gap, 5 sights

14.6 mi · ▲ 3,989 ft · 6 hr 52 min

Sharpy Mountain–Pressley Gap, 5 sights is a 14.6-mile out-and-back near Wolf Ford, NC. The route passes Pressley Gap before reaching Sharpy Mountain at the turnaround, 7.3 miles in. It climbs 3,989 ft, with sections as steep as 29% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 87/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi2,339 – 4,111 ft · steepest grade: 29%14.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Avery Creek Road 35.30801, -82.74507
Nearest town Wolf Ford, NC
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Sharpy Mountain–Pressley Gap, 5 sights

14.6 mi · ▲ 3,989 ft · 6 hr 52 min

Elevation 2,338–4,113 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Avery Creek Road · 35.30801, -82.74507

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Avery Creek Road, heading SE.
  2. 0.2 miTurn left onto Pressley Cove, heading NE.
  3. 1.1 miSharp right onto Maxwell Cove, heading SE.
  4. 0.3 miPass Pressley Gap.
  5. 50 ftSharp left onto Black Mountain Trail, heading NW.
  6. 1.8 miContinue straight onto Turkey Pen Gap Trail, heading E.
  7. 3.9 miReach Sharpy Mountain, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 3.9 miContinue straight onto Black Mountain Trail, heading W.
  9. 1.8 miSharp right onto Maxwell Cove, heading SE.
  10. 0.3 miSharp left onto Pressley Cove, heading NW.
  11. 1.1 miTurn right onto Avery Creek Road, heading W.
  12. 0.2 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/sharpy-mountain-pressley-gap-out-back-5-sights-23-km-86b2

Trail surface

79% dirt3% gravel18% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:07 AMSunset 7:54 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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