Bent Creek Trail–Natural Garden Trail, 3 sights
2 mi · ▲ 143 ft · 44 min
Bent Creek Trail–Natural Garden Trail, 3 sights is a 2-mile out-and-back near Bent Creek, NC. It is mostly level, with 143 ft of elevation gain. It scores 31/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi2,028 – 2,202 ft2.2 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 35.49747, -82.60864
Nearest town Bent Creek, NC
Directions
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Bent Creek Trail–Natural Garden Trail, 3 sights
2 mi · ▲ 143 ft · 44 min
Elevation 2,027–2,201 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 35.49747, -82.60864
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 7:06 AM · sunset 7:55 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.1 miSharp right onto Natural Garden Trail, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Running Cedar Road, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Bent Creek Trail, heading S.
- 0.6 miReach Wesley Branch Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 150 ftSharp right onto Wesley Branch Trail, heading NW.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading W.
- 350 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
57% dirt39% gravel4% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 7:06 AMSunset 7:55 PM
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Owl Ridge Trail & Rocky Cove Road Loop via Hard Times Road 3.8 mi · ▲ 423 ft
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