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Bear Branch–Fletcher Creek Road, 9 sights

12.8 mi · ▲ 1,845 ft · 5 hr 11 min

Bear Branch–Fletcher Creek Road, 9 sights is a 12.8-mile out-and-back near Boylston, NC. It climbs 1,845 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 51/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi2,221 – 3,491 ft · steepest grade: 16%13.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Wash Creek Road 35.40683, -82.64352
Nearest town Boylston, NC
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Bear Branch–Fletcher Creek Road, 9 sights

12.8 mi · ▲ 1,845 ft · 5 hr 11 min

Elevation 2,220–3,490 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Wash Creek Road · 35.40683, -82.64352

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

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Wash Creek Road, heading N.
  2. 2 miBear left onto Hendersonville Reservoir, heading SW.
  3. 0.5 miTurn right onto Fletcher Creek Road, heading W.
  4. 100 ftBear right onto Trace Ridge, heading NW.
  5. 500 ftContinue straight onto Fletcher Creek Road, heading N.
  6. 50 ftBear right onto Trace Ridge, heading NW.
  7. 0.1 miContinue straight onto microchip ii, heading NW.
  8. 50 ftTurn left onto Trace Ridge, heading NW.
  9. 2.5 miContinue straight onto Spencer Gap, heading NW.
  10. 1.3 miTurn left, heading S.
  11. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Wash Creek Road, heading E.
  12. 1.7 miContinue straight onto Seniard Mountain Road, heading S.
  13. 0.5 miBear right onto Bear Branch, heading E.
  14. 0.4 miBear right onto Stickman, heading N.
  15. 1.7 miBear left onto Wash Creek Road, heading N.
  16. 1.6 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/bear-branch-fletcher-creek-road-out-back-9-sights

Trail surface

86% dirt2% paved12% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:07 AMSunset 7:54 PM

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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