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Avery Creek Road–Avery Creek, 4 sights

6.1 mi · ▲ 468 ft · 2 hr 16 min

Avery Creek Road–Avery Creek, 4 sights is a 6.1-mile out-and-back near Ecusta, NC. It climbs 468 ft and is mostly gravel. It scores 66/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi2,182 – 2,562 ft6.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Avery Creek Road 35.28770, -82.73688
Nearest town Ecusta, NC
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Avery Creek Road–Avery Creek, 4 sights

6.1 mi · ▲ 468 ft · 2 hr 16 min

Elevation 2,181–2,563 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Avery Creek Road · 35.28770, -82.73688

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 7:07 AM · sunset 7:54 PM

Toilets at the trailhead

  1. Start on Avery Creek Road, heading N.
  2. 1.4 miContinue straight onto Pressley Cove, heading W.
  3. 250 ftContinue straight onto Avery Creek Road, heading W.
  4. 0.3 miTurn right, heading NW.
  5. 0.1 miTurn right onto Perry Cove, heading NW.
  6. 50 ftBear left onto Avery Creek Road, heading NW.
  7. 0.4 miBear right onto Avery Creek, heading NE.
  8. 0.8 miTurn right onto Buckhorn Gap, heading NW.
  9. 100 ftBear right onto Avery Creek, heading NW.
  10. 50 ftTurn left onto Buckhorn Gap, heading NW.
  11. 400 ftReach Avery Creek Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  12. 400 ftTurn right onto Avery Creek, heading W.
  13. 50 ftBear left onto Buckhorn Gap, heading NW.
  14. 50 ftTurn left onto Avery Creek, heading NW.
  15. 0.8 miBear left onto Avery Creek Road, heading S.
  16. 0.4 miBear right onto Perry Cove, heading SE.
  17. 50 ftTurn left onto Avery Creek Road, heading S.
  18. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
  19. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Pressley Cove, heading SE.
  20. 250 ftContinue straight onto Avery Creek Road, heading SE.
  21. 1.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/avery-creek-road-avery-creek-out-back-4-sights-10-km-1876

Trail surface

71% gravel27% dirt2% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:07 AMSunset 7:54 PM

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead

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