Appalachian Trail: Sams Gap to Spivey Gap
Top-of-the-world vistas, fields of wildflowers and sun-dappled hardwood forests are nothing compared to David Greer, an insane murderer who once lived on Bald Mountain from 1802 to 1834.
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Shelters: Bald Mountain Shelter: sleeps 10; privy.
Trail Facts
- Distance: 19.6
Waypoints
WPT026
Location: 35.9998168945312, -82.4759674072266
Small stream crossing
WPT022
Location: 36.0106010437012, -82.4503021240234
Campsite (room for 3 tents)
WPT026
Location: 35.9651832580566, -82.5451812744141
Campsite (room for 1 tent)
WPT019
Location: 36.022533416748, -82.4289169311524
Blue-blazed trail to top of High Rocks
WPT012
Location: 36.031852722168, -82.4204406738281
Stream crossing
WPT023
Location: 36.007884979248, -82.4606475830078
Little Bald
WPT010
Location: 35.9897842407227, -82.4902801513672
Big Bald (5,516 ft.). Gravel road; parking; 360-degree views
WPT020
Location: 35.9695320129394, -82.536247253418
Powerline
WPT025
Location: 35.96533203125, -82.5449829101562
Field (S boundary)
WPT020
Location: 36.02294921875, -82.4286651611328
High Rocks
WPT018
Location: 36.0230331420898, -82.4288635253906
High Rocks, a 40-ft. vertical rock slab; lots of trees. Blue-blazed trail goes to the top
WPT027
Location: 35.9619827270508, -82.550537109375
2 side trails to the W; AT turns E
WPT015
Location: 36.0272331237793, -82.4233703613281
Rock Stairs
WPT017
Location: 35.975284576416, -82.5196304321289
Blue-blazed trail to the E
WPT021
Location: 35.9691314697266, -82.5397491455078
Views of valley to the NNE
WPT008
Location: 35.9910507202148, -82.4902801513672
Jeep road
WPT016
Location: 35.9768676757812, -82.5135498046875
Spring
WPT022
Location: 35.9688987731934, -82.540168762207
Street Gap; gravel road; parking
WPT023
Location: 35.967399597168, -82.5419845581055
Old jeep road; field to the W
WPT031
Location: 35.9527320861816, -82.5607833862305
AT turns W; gate; parking; US 23
ZZZ020
Location: 35.9534339904785, -82.5613327026367
I-26; Sams Gap
WPT017
Location: 36.0261650085449, -82.4253158569336
Small stream crossing
WPT011
Location: 35.9905014038086, -82.4932022094726
Bald; S boundary
WPT019
Location: 35.9727668762207, -82.5232696533203
Low Gap. Side trail leads W to campsite (room for 4 tents); parking
WPT003
Location: 35.9982986450195, -82.4825134277344
Old jeep road
WPT013
Location: 35.9887657165527, -82.4941177368164
Spring
WPT015
Location: 35.9864845275879, -82.4950180053711
Underground powerline; side trail to the E
WPT028
Location: 35.9559173583984, -82.5546340942383
Spring
WPT018
Location: 35.974365234375, -82.5217666625976
Side trail to the E; gap
WPT029
Location: 35.9520149230957, -82.5566864013672
Campsite (room for 1 tent)
WPT009
Location: 35.9975509643555, -82.4824523925781
Bald; N boundary
WPT016
Location: 36.0265502929688, -82.4250869750976
Stream crossing
WPT005
Location: 35.9951820373535, -82.4837493896484
Pass a stone fireplace 20 ft. to the W, hidden in trees
WPT030
Location: 35.9522819519043, -82.5598297119141
Gate
WPT014
Location: 36.0314674377441, -82.4212036132812
Campsite (room for 4 tents); parking
WPT004
Location: 35.995849609375, -82.4833297729492
Bald
WPT012
Location: 35.9906158447266, -82.4935150146484
Yellow-blazed trail leads W
WPT024
Location: 35.9666175842285, -82.5421981811524
Field (N boundary)
ZZZ021
Location: 36.0321197509766, -82.4202651977539
Spivey Gap; US 19 W
WPT014
Location: 35.9864501953125, -82.4949798583984
AT turns W @ jct. with blue-blazed trail to the E. Bad weather route
WPT025
Location: 35.9999847412109, -82.4743499755859
Side trail leads W to water
WPT001
Location: 36.0001602172852, -82.4782485961914
Bald Mtn. Shelter
WPT007
Location: 35.9914321899414, -82.4877166748047
Blue-blazed trail to E; gravel road
WPT024
Location: 36.0001335144043, -82.4739837646484
Campsite (room for 1 tent)
WPT021
Location: 36.0186157226562, -82.4369201660156
Campsite (room for 6 tents); blue-blazed trail leads W 100 ft. to water; Whistling Gap
WPT002
Location: 35.9996681213379, -82.4788131713867
Trail to shelter
WPT013
Location: 36.0317344665527, -82.4205169677734
Trail to campsite (room for 6+ tents)
WPT006
Location: 35.9916343688965, -82.487434387207
Big Stamp. AT continues straight; jct. with jeep road that leads W .3 mi. to a campsite
IMG_2301
Location: 36.0051345825195, -82.4664840698242
IMG_2369
Location: 35.9939155578613, -82.4840316772461
IMG_2273
Location: 36.0119667053223, -82.4505310058594
IMG_2443
Location: 35.9917984008789, -82.4870681762695
IMG_2454
Location: 35.9897994995117, -82.4903030395508
IMG_2436
Location: 35.9917984008789, -82.4870681762695
The view from Big Bald
Location: 35.9897994995117, -82.4903030395508
