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Bent Creek Gap–Bad Fork Trail, 4 sights

5.4 mi · ▲ 935 ft · 2 hr 16 min

Bent Creek Gap–Bad Fork Trail, 4 sights is a 5.4-mile out-and-back near Boylston, NC. The route reaches Bent Creek Gap at the turnaround, 2.7 miles in. It climbs 935 ft, with sections as steep as 25% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 38/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi2,418 – 3,284 ft · steepest grade: 25%5.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Hendersonville Reservoir 35.42025, -82.65682
Nearest town Boylston, NC
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Bent Creek Gap–Bad Fork Trail, 4 sights

5.4 mi · ▲ 935 ft · 2 hr 16 min

Elevation 2,417–3,283 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Hendersonville Reservoir · 35.42025, -82.65682

Weather Sep 5: Mostly clear, high 91°F / low 71° · precip 16% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 7:07 AM · sunset 7:54 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Hendersonville Reservoir, heading N.
  2. 0.5 miTurn left onto Wash Creek Road, heading NW.
  3. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Seniard Mountain Road, heading NW.
  4. 150 ftContinue straight onto Wash Creek Road, heading NW.
  5. 0.2 miTurn right onto Bad Fork Trail, heading NW.
  6. 1.7 miSharp right onto Wash Creek Road, heading NW.
  7. 50 ftReach Bent Creek Gap, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 50 ftSharp left onto Bad Fork Trail, heading N.
  9. 1.7 miTurn left onto Wash Creek Road, heading SW.
  10. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Seniard Mountain Road, heading SE.
  11. 150 ftContinue straight onto Wash Creek Road, heading SE.
  12. 0.3 miTurn right onto Hendersonville Reservoir, heading SE.
  13. 0.5 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/bent-creek-gap-bad-fork-trail-out-back-4-sights-9-km

Trail surface

82% dirt18% unspecified

Weather

Mostly clearTemperature 91°F71°
Precip16%Wind5 mphUV7Humidity76%
Hourly temperatureRain chance
95°70° 1 AM: 4% rain5 AM: 1% rain10 AM: 1% rain11 AM: 1% rain12 PM: 2% rain1 PM: 4% rain2 PM: 7% rain3 PM: 9% rain4 PM: 11% rain5 PM: 14% rain6 PM: 16% rain7 PM: 8% rain8 PM: 8% rain9 PM: 5% rain10 PM: 7% rain11 PM: 11% rain
Sunrise 7:07 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 7:54 PM
Sun 89°70° 68%
Mon 75°63° 57%
Tue 80°58°
Wed 86°58°
Thu 88°61° 21%
Fri 84°64° 41%

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  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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