Whiteside Mtn - Drive to Trailhead & Trail Guide

Duration: 0:55, 29 miles
Google Maps URL: https://goo.gl/maps/40zJR
Seasonal/Limited Access: CAUTION: On a clear autumn Sunday at about 11:30 A.M., the lot was full and the Forest Service was directing traffic away.
Directions: (This is a little simplified from what Google Maps wants you to do.)
- Drive down-hill (left from lot) on Black Rock Mountain Parkway and go 0.2
- L to stay on Black Rock Mtn Pky and go 2.3
- L on US-441 N and go 4.7
- R on GA-246 W / NC-106 W and go 14.2
- R on US-64 and go 0.3
- L on US-64 E and go 5.5
- R on Whiteside Mtn Rd and go 1.0
- Bear L into parking area
- Parking lot - $2 parking fee
- If the lot is full, the nearest parking is to go back to 64 and turn R and immediately park on the wide spot on the paved shoulder. This adds a 1.0 mile hike to the parking lot (and 1 mile back).
Food:

Duration: 0:20, 6 miles
Google Maps URL: http://goo.gl/maps/TBNCn
Seasonal/Limited Access:
Directions:
- Head out (east) on dirt Ponderock Dr
- R onto paved Ponderock Dr / Ponderosa / Jodytown Dr and go 1.4
- R on Yellow Mtn Rd and go 400’
- R on NC-1144 / Norton Rd and go 2.0
- R on US-64 W and go 1.4
- L on Whiteside Mtn Rd and go 1.0
- Bear L on Deville Dr and go 0.1
- Parking lot - $2 parking fee
Food: None

Duration: 0:15, 6 miles
Google Maps URL: http://goo.gl/maps/azU1v
Seasonal/Limited Access:
Directions:
- S/W on Buck Creek Rd (as you exit the trail, turn L on the road) and go 2.2
- L on US-64 E and go 2.8
- R on Whiteside Mtn Rd and go 1.0
- Bear L on Deville Dr and go 0.1
- Parking lot - $2 parking fee
Food: None

Duration: 2:25, 127 miles
Google Maps URL: https://goo.gl/maps/ujxql
Seasonal/Limited Access:
Directions:
- Bear R ond Whiteside Mtn Rd out of the lot and go 1
- L on US-64 W and go 5.5
- L on NC-106 E / GA-246 E and go 14.2
- L on US-441

Duration:
- Up via flat route: 1.2 miles, 500’ climb, 0:50 hurrying, but tired.
- Down via flat route: 0:30 running
Navigation
- Head up the stairs near the sign-board
- At the top of the stairs, turn L
- After about 200’, there are some stairs on the R. You can take the stairs for the steep route, or continue on the road for the shallow, longer climb. I took the road.
Trailhead altitude: 4400
Summit altitude: 4900
GPS tracks/waypoints:
- Trailhead: 35.08044,-83.14419
- Summit: 35.0813,-83.138

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