1. Start on Shut-In Trail, heading SW.
2. 50 ftContinue straight onto Sleepy Gap Trail, heading S.
3. 50 ftTurn left onto Shut-In Trail, heading S.
4. 0.8 miPass View Chesnut Cove.
5. 1.7 miTurn left onto cold knob ridge, heading N.
6. 50 ftBear left onto Shut-In Trail, heading N.
7. 0.9 miTurn left onto Bent Creek Gap Road, heading W.
8. 50 ftTurn right onto Wash Creek Road, heading W.
9. 0.7 miTurn right, heading S.
10. 0.6 miSharp right, heading W.
11. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Spencer Gap, heading NW.
12. 1.3 miReach View Chesnut Cove, then turn around and head back the way you came.
13. 1.9 miSharp left, heading S.
14. 0.6 miTurn left onto Wash Creek Road, heading SW.
15. 0.7 miTurn left onto Bent Creek Gap Road, heading NW.
16. 50 ftTurn right onto Shut-In Trail, heading NW.
17. 0.9 miBear right onto cold knob ridge, heading NE.
18. 50 ftTurn right onto Shut-In Trail, heading NE.
19. 2.5 miTurn right onto Sleepy Gap Trail, heading E.
20. 50 ftContinue straight onto Shut-In Trail, heading E.
21. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/view-chesnut-cove-bent-creek-gap-road-out-back-4-sights