Bear Pen Branch & Case Camp Ridge Trail via Headwater Road
7.7 mi · ▲ 1,455 ft · 3 hr 18 min
Bear Pen Branch & Case Camp Ridge Trail via Headwater Road is a 7.7-mile out-and-back near Big East Fork, NC. It climbs 1,455 ft, with sections as steep as 26% grade, and is mostly gravel. It scores 38/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi3,045 – 4,380 ft · steepest grade: 26%8.1 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Sunwall Trailhead 35.31020, -82.79997
Nearest town Big East Fork, NC
Directions
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Bear Pen Branch & Case Camp Ridge Trail via Headwater Road
7.7 mi · ▲ 1,455 ft · 3 hr 18 min
Elevation 3,044–4,381 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Sunwall Trailhead · 35.31020, -82.79997
Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 88°F / low 68° · precip 16% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 7:07 AM · sunset 7:54 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Headwater Road, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Cove Creek Road, heading W.
- 100 ftBear right onto Headwater Road, heading NW.
- 0.8 miBear left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Bear Pen Branch, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left onto Headwater Road, heading NE.
- 1 miSharp left onto Case Camp Ridge Trail, heading NW.
- 1.3 miReach Bear Pen Branch, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.3 miSharp right onto Headwater Road, heading NE.
- 1 miBear right onto Bear Pen Branch, heading SE.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Headwater Road, heading S.
- 1.1 miBear left onto Cove Creek Road, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Headwater Road, heading SE.
- 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
64% gravel35% dirt1% unspecified
Weather
OvercastTemperature 88°F68°
Precip16%Wind3 mphUV7Humidity71%
Hourly temperatureRain chance
90°65°
Sunrise 7:07 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 7:54 PM
Sun
82°65°
67%
Mon
70°63°
60%
Tue
75°57°
17%
Wed
84°59°
Thu
84°63°
23%
Fri
81°63°
42%
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Sunwall Trailhead Trailhead
- Headwater Road 1.9 mi · ▲ 141 ft
- Headwater Road 2 mi · ▲ 314 ft
- Headwater Road 2.3 mi · ▲ 343 ft
- Bennett Knob Road via Headwater Road 2.8 mi · ▲ 140 ft
- Cove Creek Trail & Upper Cove Creek - A 3.2 mi · ▲ 349 ft
- Upper Cove Creek - A & Upper Cove Creek - B via Headwater Road 3.3 mi · ▲ 320 ft
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