131 Twin Falls...... 64

141 Pink Beds Loop...... 66

151 Pilot Cove Loop...... 68

161 Mount Pisgah...... 70 171 Graveyard Fields...... 72 181 Sam Knob...... 74 Table of Contents 191 ...... 76 202 Devil’s Courthouse...... 78

Overnight Hike Routes Introduction...... 13 1 Cat Gap via John Rock...... 82 Important Considerations...... 17 2 Butter Gap Shelter...... 84 Planning Your Trip...... 22 3 Butter Gap–Cove Creek...... 86 Getting to Pisgah & the Trailheads...... 26 4 Deep Gap Shelter...... 90 Navigating Pisgah...... 36 4 5 Caney Bottom...... 94 6 Clawhammer Mountain...... 96 7 Buckhorn Gap Shelter...... 98 Day Hike Routes 8 Pink Beds–Buckhorn Gap...... 100 1 Bent Creek–Arboretum...... 40 9 Big East Fork...... 102 2 Deerfield–Pine Tree...... 42 101 Graveyard Ridge...... 104 3 Ledford Gap...... 44 111 Art Loeb ...... 106 4 Ingles Field Gap...... 46 121 Mountains-to-Sea Trail (MST)...... 108 5 Hendersonville Reservoir...... 48 6 Cantrell Creek Lodge...... 50

7 Coontree Loop...... 52 Routes 8 ...... 54 1 Hardtimes Loop...... 112 9 John Rock...... 56 2 Rice Pinnacle...... 114 101 Cat Gap Loop...... 58 3 Deerfield–Explorer–Pine Tree...... 116 111 Caney Bottom Loop...... 60 4 South Ridge...... 118 121 Daniel Ridge Loop...... 62

6 & Pisgah Forest Table of Contents 7 Table of Contents (continued) Waterfalls Looking Glass Falls...... 172 Mountain Biking Routes (continued) Cedar Rock Creek Falls...... 172 5 North Boundary...... 120 Grogan Creek Falls ...... 173 6 Little Hickory...... 122 Slickrock Falls...... 173 7 Green’s Lick...... 124 Cove Creek Falls ...... 174 8 Fletcher Creek...... 126 Toms Spring Falls...... 175 9 Bear Branch...... 128 Upper Toms Spring Branch Falls ...... 175 101 Spencer Gap...... 130 Shuck Ridge Creek Falls...... 176 111 Trace Ridge...... 132 Long Branch Falls ...... 176 121 South Mills River...... 134 Courthouse Falls...... 177 131 Riverside...... 136 Chestnut Falls ...... 177 141 Thrift Cove...... 138 Moore Cove Falls...... 177 151 Sycamore Cove...... 140 Avery Creek Falls ...... 178 161 Headwaters Loop...... 142 Twin Falls...... 178 171 Long Branch Loop...... 144 High Falls ...... 178 181 Toms Spring Falls...... 146 Sliding Rock Falls...... 179 191 Daniel Ridge...... 148 Log Hollow Branch Falls ...... 179 202 Cove Creek...... 150 Skinny Dip Falls...... 180 212 Butter Gap...... 152 Second Falls on Yellowstone Prong ...... 180 222 ...... 154 Upper Falls on Yellowstone Prong...... 181 232 Buckhorn Gap...... 156 Wildcat Falls ...... 181 242 Bennett Gap...... 158 252 Clawhammer...... 160 262 Bradley Creek...... 162 Appendices 272 Horse Cove Gap...... 164 Appendix A: Land Management Resources...... 184 288 Pilot Cove–Slate Rock...... 166 Appendix B: Local Outfitters & Bike Shops...... 185 292 Laurel Mountain...... 168

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