Shut-In Trail & Garenflo Gap
4.5 mi · ▲ 727 ft · 1 hr 52 min
Shut-In Trail & Garenflo Gap is a 4.5-mile out-and-back near Bluff, NC. The route reaches Garenflo Gap. It climbs 727 ft, with sections as steep as 15% grade. It scores 85/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi1,814 – 2,461 ft · steepest grade: 15%4.6 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Gorenflo Gap Road 35.85025, -82.87356
Nearest town Bluff, NC
Directions
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Shut-In Trail & Garenflo Gap
4.5 mi · ▲ 727 ft · 1 hr 52 min
Elevation 1,814–2,462 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Gorenflo Gap Road · 35.85025, -82.87356
Weather Sep 4: Rain showers, high 87°F / low 69° · precip 6% · wind 14 mph · sunrise 7:07 AM · sunset 7:57 PM
- Start on Gorenflo Gap Road, heading N.
- 0.2 miPass Garenflo Gap.
- 50 ftBear right onto Shut-In Trail, heading NW.
- 2 miReach Shut-In Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 2 miBear left onto Gorenflo Gap Road, heading SE.
- 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 surface
11% gravel89% unspecified
Weather
Rain showersTemperature 87°F69°
Precip6%Wind14 mphUV7Humidity81%
Hourly temperature
90°65°
Sunrise 7:07 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 7:57 PM
Sat
90°72°
23%
Sun
83°67°
32%
Mon
78°63°
Tue
84°59°
Wed
84°60°
Thu
87°64°
22%
More from Gorenflo Gap Road Trailhead
- Bluff Mountain Road–Catpen Road, 3 sights 6.8 mi · ▲ 1,772 ft
- Walnut Mountain–Walnut Mountain Trail, 3 summits 13.2 mi · ▲ 3,928 ft
- Lemon Gap & Garenflo Gap via Appalachian Trail 15.5 mi · ▲ 4,669 ft
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