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Singecat Ridge Overlook (MP 345.3)–Licklog Road, 3 sights is a 15.9-mile out-and-back near Busick, NC. The route reaches Singecat Ridge Overlook (MP 345.3). It climbs 2,184 ft, with sections as steep as 15% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 84/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi3,186 – 4,141 ft · steepest grade: 15%16.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Mountains-to-Sea Trail 35.75625, -82.17674
Nearest town Busick, NC

Directions

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Singecat Ridge Overlook (MP 345.3)–Licklog Road, 3 sights

15.9 mi · ▲ 2,184 ft · 6 hr 24 min

Elevation 3,187–4,141 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Mountains-to-Sea Trail · 35.75625, -82.17674

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 7:04 AM · sunset 7:54 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Mountains-to-Sea Trail, heading SW.
  2. 50 ftPass Singecat Ridge Overlook (MP 345.3).
  3. 4.5 miTurn left onto Neals Creek Road, heading NE.
  4. 2.5 miTurn right onto Licklog Road, heading W.
  5. 1 miReach Singecat Ridge Overlook (MP 345.3), then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 1 miTurn left onto Neals Creek Road, heading E.
  7. 2.5 miTurn right onto Mountains-to-Sea Trail, heading W.
  8. 4.4 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

61% dirt13% grass26% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:04 AMSunset 7:54 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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