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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 Black Balsam Knob ............................................... 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 Trail ..................................................... 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 Mountain Bike Routes 8 Looking Glass Rock ............................................... 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 HIKING & MOUNTAIN BIKING 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 Farlow Gap ...................................................... 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 8 HIKING & MOUNTAIN BIKING PISGAH FOREST Table of Contents 9.