1. Start on Shut-In Trail, heading N.
2. 0.5 miTurn left onto Grassy Knob Trail, heading NW.
3. 150 ftContinue straight onto Stairs (Upper), heading N.
4. 0.4 miTurn left onto Stairs (Lower), heading NW.
5. 250 ftTurn left onto Pine Tree Loop, heading NW.
6. 0.6 miTurn left onto Pine Tree Connector, heading W.
7. 200 ftTurn right onto Explorer Loop, heading SW.
8. 500 ftContinue straight onto Explorer Loop Connector, heading NW.
9. 450 ftSharp left onto Bent Creek Gap Road, heading NW.
10. 0.3 miBear right onto Laurel Branch Road, heading SW.
11. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Lower Sidehill Trail, heading NW.
12. 300 ftContinue straight onto Laurel Branch Road, heading W.
13. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Greens Lick Trail, heading W.
14. 2 miBear left onto North Boundary Road, heading E.
15. 1.1 miPass Yellow Gap.
16. 50 ftTurn right onto Sheep Rock, heading SW.
17. 0.4 miContinue straight onto brown knob trail, heading N.
18. 1 miSharp right onto Sheep Rock, heading SW.
19. 0.2 miReach Yellow Gap, then turn around and head back the way you came.
20. 0.2 miSharp left onto brown knob trail, heading SE.
21. 1 miContinue straight onto Sheep Rock, heading SE.
22. 0.4 miTurn left onto North Boundary Road, heading SE.
23. 1.1 miBear right onto Greens Lick Trail, heading SE.
24. 2 miContinue straight onto Laurel Branch Road, heading NW.
25. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Lower Sidehill Trail, heading SE.
26. 300 ftContinue straight onto Laurel Branch Road, heading SE.
27. 0.2 miBear left onto Bent Creek Gap Road, heading SE.
28. 0.3 miSharp right onto Explorer Loop Connector, heading NE.
29. 450 ftContinue straight onto Explorer Loop, heading NE.
30. 500 ftTurn left onto Pine Tree Connector, heading N.
31. 200 ftTurn right onto Pine Tree Loop, heading N.
32. 0.6 miTurn right onto Stairs (Lower), heading S.
33. 250 ftTurn right onto Stairs (Upper), heading N.
34. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Grassy Knob Trail, heading SE.
35. 150 ftTurn right onto Shut-In Trail, heading E.
36. 0.5 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/view-chesnut-cove-yellow-gap-out-back-11-sights