Drive Guide - Whiteside Mtn FROM Yellow Mtn Gap

  • 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

Drive Guide - Whiteside Mtn FROM Cole Gap

  • 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

Drive Guide - back to Highlands NC (where you briefly get 3G cell)

  • Bear R ond Whiteside Mtn Rd out of the lot and go 1
  • L on US-64 W and go 5.5

Trail Guide

  • 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 both ways.
  • Trailhead altitude: ???
  • Summit altitude: ???
  • GPS tracks/waypoints:
    • Trailhead: 35.08044,-83.14419
    • Summit: 35.0813,-83.138

Summit Guide

  • Hang antenna from tree: Yes
  • Space to guy mast: Yes
  • Cell coverage: VZN fail; AT&T fail; APRS sent but unreliable ACK
  • Unique features: Nice views.

See Also

  • http://www.hikewnc.info/besthikes/nantahala-ranger-district/whiteside-mountain
  • http://www.hikewnc.info/trails/nantahala-ranger-district/whiteside-mountain