Yellow Gap–Ingles Fields Gap, 6 sights is a 12.7-mile out-and-back near Bent Creek, NC. The route passes Ingles Fields Gap and Yellow Gap. It climbs 3,214 ft, with sections as steep as 32% grade. It scores 76/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi2,126 – 3,570 ft · steepest grade: 32%13.2 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Rice Pinnacle Road 35.49653, -82.61524
Nearest town Bent Creek, NC
Directions
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Yellow Gap–Ingles Fields Gap, 6 sights
12.7 mi · ▲ 3,214 ft · 5 hr 50 min
Elevation 2,124–3,571 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Rice Pinnacle Road · 35.49653, -82.61524
Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 91°F / low 67° · precip 14% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 7:06 AM · sunset 7:55 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Rice Pinnacle Road, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Deer Lake Lodge Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Deer Lake Road, heading NW.
- 300 ftSharp left, heading NW.
- 0.8 miBear left onto Ledford Branch Road, heading NW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Boyd Branch Road, heading NW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Ledford Branch Road, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear left onto Boyd Branch Road, heading W.
- 0.6 miSharp right onto Ingles Field Connector, heading SE.
- 0.3 miSharp left onto Ingles Field Gap, heading N.
- 0.6 miPass Ingles Fields Gap.
- 50 ftBear left onto North Boundary Road, heading W.
- 2.2 miPass Yellow Gap.
- 100 ftTurn right onto Sheep Rock, heading W.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto brown knob trail, heading NW.
- 1 miTurn left onto Sheep Rock, heading W.
- 50 ftReach Yellow Gap, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftTurn right onto brown knob trail, heading SW.
- 1 miContinue straight onto Sheep Rock, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto North Boundary Road, heading SE.
- 2.2 miBear right onto Ingles Field Gap, heading E.
- 0.6 miSharp right onto Ingles Field Connector, heading SE.
- 0.3 miSharp left onto Boyd Branch Road, heading S.
- 0.6 miBear right onto Ledford Branch Road, heading NW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Boyd Branch Road, heading NW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Ledford Branch Road, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 0.8 miSharp right onto Deer Lake Road, heading E.
- 250 ftBear left onto Deer Lake Lodge Trail, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Rice Pinnacle Road, heading SE.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
38% gravel37% dirt25% unspecified
Weather
OvercastTemperature 91°F67°
Feels like84°Precip14%Wind3 mphUV7Humidity68%
Hourly temperature
95°65°
Sunrise 7:06 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 7:55 PM
Sat
95°71°
Sun
91°68°
57%
Mon
77°65°
30%
Tue
83°60°
Wed
88°59°
Thu
90°62°
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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