Barnett Branch Trail & Gauging Station Trail via Mountains-to-Sea Trail is a 6.3-mile out-and-back near Wolf Ford, NC. It climbs 764 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 45/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi3,150 – 3,799 ft · steepest grade: 22%6.4 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Wolf Ford Road 35.36683, -82.73911
Nearest town Wolf Ford, NC
Directions
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Barnett Branch Trail & Gauging Station Trail via Mountains-to-Sea Trail
6.3 mi · ▲ 764 ft · 2 hr 29 min
Elevation 3,150–3,799 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Wolf Ford Road · 35.36683, -82.73911
Weather Sep 4: Partly cloudy, high 85°F / low 67° · precip 20% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 7:06 AM · sunset 7:56 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Gauging Station Trail, heading W.
- 0.8 miSharp right onto Pink Beds Loop Trail, heading N.
- 1.1 miTurn right onto Barnett Branch Trail, heading NW.
- 1.1 miSharp left onto Mountains-to-Sea Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miReach Gauging Station Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miSharp right onto Barnett Branch Trail, heading S.
- 1.1 miTurn left onto Pink Beds Loop Trail, heading E.
- 1.1 miSharp left onto Gauging Station Trail, heading NE.
- 0.8 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
100% dirt
Weather
Partly cloudyTemperature 85°F67°
Precip20%Wind4 mphUV7Humidity84%
Rained 0.3″ 7 days ago
Hourly temperatureRain chance
85°65°
Sunrise 7:06 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 7:56 PM
Sat
88°70°
Sun
85°65°
61%
Mon
70°62°
41%
Tue
76°58°
Wed
83°59°
Thu
87°63°
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Wolf Ford Road Trailhead
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- Gauging Station Trail via Pink Beds Loop Trail 3.8 mi · ▲ 176 ft
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- Pilot Connector & Wolf Ford Road 4.8 mi · ▲ 281 ft
- Slate Rock Creek Trail & Wolf Ford Road 6.5 mi · ▲ 425 ft
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