479H–Deer Lake Lodge Trail, 3 sights is a 7.6-mile out-and-back near Bent Creek, NC. It climbs 1,195 ft, with sections as steep as 30% grade. It scores 64/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi2,126 – 3,019 ft · steepest grade: 30%8.1 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Rice Pinnacle Road 35.49653, -82.61524
Nearest town Bent Creek, NC
Directions
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479H–Deer Lake Lodge Trail, 3 sights
7.6 mi · ▲ 1,195 ft · 3 hr 8 min
Elevation 2,124–3,018 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Rice Pinnacle Road · 35.49653, -82.61524
Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 91°F / low 67° · precip 14% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 7:06 AM · sunset 7:55 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Rice Pinnacle Road, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Deer Lake Lodge Trail, heading SW.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading SW.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Ledford Branch Parking, heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Bent Creek Gap Road, heading SW.
- 1.9 miBear left onto 479H, heading SW.
- 300 ftBear right onto long branch, heading SW.
- 0.5 miSharp left onto South Ridge Road, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto long branch, heading SW.
- 0.3 miReach Deer Lake Lodge Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto South Ridge Road, heading NE.
- 50 ftSharp right onto long branch, heading NE.
- 0.5 miBear left onto 479H, heading NE.
- 250 ftBear right onto Bent Creek Gap Road, heading N.
- 1.9 miContinue straight onto Ledford Branch Parking, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right onto Deer Lake Lodge Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.7 miTurn left onto Rice Pinnacle Road, heading E.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
26% gravel23% dirt51% unspecified
Weather
OvercastTemperature 91°F67°
Feels like84°Precip14%Wind3 mphUV7Humidity68%
Hourly temperature
95°65°
Sunrise 7:06 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 7:55 PM
Sat
95°71°
Sun
91°68°
57%
Mon
77°65°
30%
Tue
83°60°
Wed
88°59°
Thu
90°62°
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Rice Pinnacle Road Trailhead
- Corvair Trail–Deer Lake Road Loop, 4 sights 2.5 mi · ▲ 260 ft
- Deer Lake Road–Ledford Branch Road Loop, 4 sights 2.7 mi · ▲ 163 ft
- Deer Lake Lodge Trail Loop via Boyd Branch Road 3 mi · ▲ 514 ft
- Moors Gap–Corvair Trail, 5 sights 4.1 mi · ▲ 762 ft
- Deer Lake Lodge Trail–South Ridge Road, 3 sights 8.6 mi · ▲ 1,213 ft
- Scott Mountain–Baldwin Gap, 3 saddles 9.3 mi · ▲ 1,811 ft
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