Cat Gap Loop Trail Map

Route map of the Cat Gap Loop Trail as tracked by the Gaia GPS app and depicted a la Google Earth...

Cat Gap Loop Trail Map

Route map of the Cat Gap Loop Trail as tracked by the Gaia GPS app...

Pisgah Center for Wildlife Education -- 2,340'

The Cat Gap Loop trail departs the large parking lot at the Pisgah Hatchery from two different points...its southwest corner (straight ahead in this shot, to the left of the building) and also from the east end of the lot, which is out of frame to the left...

Cat Gap Loop Trail East Trailhead -- 2,340'

The Cat Gap Loop trail departs the large parking lot from two different points...its southwest corner and here, at its east end, which we'll start this album off at to travel the loop in a clockwise direction...

Cat Gap Loop Trail East Trailhead -- 2,340'

The Cat Gap Loop as it leaves the east end of the parking lot, alongside a pretty split rail fence...

Davidson River -- 2,340'

The loop starts out right alongside the banks of the Davidson River...

Cat Gap Loop Trail -- 2,340'

This first portion of the loop is all but completely flat as it twists along the broad floodplain of the Davidson River...

Cat Gap Loop Trail -- 2,340'

Along yet another split rail fence as the trail now begins to turn away from the river slightly...

Cat Gap Loop Trail -- 2,340'

Just over 1/10-mile into the hike the trail reaches this short but very interesting little bridge across Cedar Rock Creek...

Cedar Rock Creek -- 2,340'

Looking downstream from the bridge...this is the same creek which, later on in the album, the waterfalls the trail passes close to will be located (though a good distance farther upstream)....

Cat Gap Loop Trail -- 2,350'

After crossing Cedar Rock Creek the trail becomes much more confined than it has been up to this point...

Davidson River -- 2,350'

A few breaks in the surrounding rhodo provided some nice views of the Davidson River along this stretch...