Jones Gap Trail

Jones Gap Trail: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this trek: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Jones Gap Trail

Season: October to February.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

Visiting Jones Gap Trail: tips

• Start early, check the weather and tell someone your route.

How to reach Jones Gap Trail — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 35.12353, -82.60750. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Jones Gap Trail

• Caesars Head Mountain · viewpoint · Greenville · ~3 km · Must-see
• Raven Cliff Falls · waterfall · Greenville · ~7 km · Must-see
• Chestnut Mountain · viewpoint · Greenville · ~14 km · Must-see
• Chestnut Mountain · viewpoint · Transylvania · ~14 km · Must-see
• Holmes Educational State Forest · sanctuary · Greenville · ~17 km · Must-see
• Pinnacle Mountain · viewpoint · Pickens · ~20 km · Must-see
• Sassafras Mountain · viewpoint · Transylvania · ~21 km · Must-see
• Sassafras Mountain · viewpoint · Pickens · ~21 km · Must-see
• Robinson Rock House Ruin and Plantation Site · fort · Greenville · ~25 km · Must-see
• McAlpine Mountain · viewpoint · Greenville · ~26 km · Must-see
• Lake Summit · lake · Greenville · ~26 km · Must-see
• Glassy Mountain · viewpoint · Pickens · ~32 km · Must-see
• Looking Glass Rock · viewpoint · Transylvania · ~33 km · Must-see
• Furman University Bell Tower · park · Greenville · ~33 km · Must-see
• Paris Mountain State Park · sanctuary · Greenville · ~35 km · Must-see
• Gorges State Park · sanctuary · Transylvania · ~36 km · Must-see
• Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve · sanctuary · Greenville · ~37 km · Must-see
• Saluda Lake · lake · Pickens · ~38 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Jones Gap Trail

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• Mountains-to-Sea Trail · trek · Buncombe · ~86 km · Must-see
• Bartram Trail · trek · Macon · ~93 km · Must-see
• Benton MacKaye Trail · trek · Cherokee · ~138 km · Must-see
• Arkaquah Trail · trek · Union · ~145 km · Must-see
• Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail · trek · Burke · ~146 km · Must-see
• Foothills Trail · trek · Pickens · ~41 km
• Boulevard Trail · trek · East Tennessee · ~117 km
• Alum Cave Trail · trek · East Tennessee · ~119 km
• Rim of the Gap Trail · trek · Greenville · ~1 km
• Bill Kimball Trail · trek · Greenville · ~1 km

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