Bear Farm Road–Sheep Rock, 3 sights is a 5.2-mile out-and-back near Beaverdam, NC. It climbs 1,678 ft, with sections as steep as 38% grade. It scores 78/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi2,372 – 3,416 ft · steepest grade: 38%5.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 35.48898, -82.67009
Nearest town Beaverdam, NC
Directions
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Bear Farm Road–Sheep Rock, 3 sights
5.2 mi · ▲ 1,678 ft · 2 hr 34 min
Elevation 2,374–3,415 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 35.48898, -82.67009
Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 90°F / low 72° · precip 19% · wind 2 mph · sunrise 7:07 AM · sunset 7:54 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 0.9 miTurn right onto brown knob trail, heading NW.
- 1 miSharp right onto Sheep Rock, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Bear Farm Road, heading NE.
- 0.1 miReach brown knob trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Sheep Rock, heading SE.
- 0.8 miTurn left, heading S.
- 1.1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.9 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
39% dirt61% unspecified
Weather
OvercastTemperature 90°F72°
Precip19%Wind2 mphUV7Humidity75%
Hourly temperatureRain chance
90°70°
Sunrise 7:07 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 7:54 PM
Sun
84°67°
66%
Mon
75°63°
51%
Tue
80°57°
Wed
85°58°
Thu
87°61°
20%
Fri
84°64°
40%
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- Green Top–Yellow Gap, 3 summits 4.1 mi · ▲ 1,334 ft
- Bear Farm Road–Sheep Rock, 3 sights 4.6 mi · ▲ 1,779 ft
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