Bent Creek Gap Road–South Ridge Road, 3 sights is a 9-mile out-and-back near Beaverdam, NC. It climbs 1,892 ft, with sections as steep as 34% grade. It scores 11/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi2,480 – 3,599 ft · steepest grade: 34%9.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Trace Ridge 35.45353, -82.68169
Nearest town Beaverdam, NC
Directions
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Bent Creek Gap Road–South Ridge Road, 3 sights
9 mi · ▲ 1,892 ft · 3 hr 57 min
Elevation 2,481–3,599 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Trace Ridge · 35.45353, -82.68169
Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 86°F / low 68° · precip 17% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 7:07 AM · sunset 7:54 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Trace Ridge, heading SE.
- 0.3 miSharp left onto Spencer Gap, heading NW.
- 1.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.6 miSharp left, heading NE.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Wash Creek Road, heading E.
- 0.7 miTurn left onto Bent Creek Gap Road, heading E.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto pinetree, heading N.
- 0.5 miBear left onto South Ridge Road, heading NE.
- 100 ftSharp left onto Bent Creek Gap Road, heading NE.
- 0.1 miReach Bent Creek Gap Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miSharp right onto South Ridge Road, heading NW.
- 150 ftBear right onto pinetree, heading NW.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Bent Creek Gap Road, heading SW.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Wash Creek Road, heading SW.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.6 miSharp right, heading N.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Spencer Gap, heading W.
- 1.2 miSharp right onto Trace Ridge, heading W.
- 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
49% dirt1% gravel50% unspecified
Weather
OvercastTemperature 86°F68°
Precip17%Wind4 mphUV7Humidity75%
Hourly temperatureRain chance
90°65°
Sunrise 7:07 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 7:54 PM
Sun
80°64°
67%
Mon
70°60°
59%
Tue
76°55°
Wed
81°56°
Thu
83°60°
23%
Fri
78°61°
42%
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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