PANTHERTOWN CREEK (VIA SALT ROCK GAP)

Location: Western North Carolina
Trip Starts: Salt Rock Gap
Trip Ends: Salt Rock Gap
Total Distance: 4.2 miles
Hike Type: In & Out, Backtrack Hike
Hike Difficulty: Difficult
Trails Used: Panthertown Creek Trail
Trail Traffic: Light
Trip Type: Day HIke
More Information:

Nantahala National Forest
Highlands Ranger District
2010 Flat Mountain Rd,
Highlands, N.C. 28741
(828) 526-3765

Highlights:

Panthertown Valley is located in western North Carolina and has 6,295 acres of protected public land in the Nantahala National Forest. Panthertown lies on the eastern continental divide in North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Mountains and is occasionally referred to as “the Yosemite of the East” for the it’s deep gorges, broad valleys, mountain bogs and granitic rock domes, tranquil creeks and plunging waterfalls.

This hike to Panthertown Creek begins at Breedlove Road (Salt Rock Gap) and decends along a combination of Forest Roads and hiking trails onto the main corridor trail for Panthertown Valley. Panthertown Creek runs between the two main trailheads at Salt Rock and Cold Mountain Gap.


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