Big Ivy Road & Elk Pen Trail
4.4 mi · ▲ 847 ft · 1 hr 53 min
Big Ivy Road & Elk Pen Trail is a 4.4-mile out-and-back near Dillingham, NC. It climbs 847 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade. It scores 88/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi2,582 – 3,452 ft · steepest grade: 19%4.4 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Big Ivy Road 35.75506, -82.38570
Nearest town Dillingham, NC
Directions
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Big Ivy Road & Elk Pen Trail
4.4 mi · ▲ 847 ft · 1 hr 53 min
Elevation 2,581–3,451 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Big Ivy Road · 35.75506, -82.38570
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 7:05 AM · sunset 7:55 PM
Horses allowed on the whole route
- Start on Big Ivy Road, heading NE.
- 2.3 miContinue straight onto Upper Corner Rock Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right onto Elk Pen Trail, heading SW.
- 1.5 miTurn left onto Big Ivy Road, heading SW.
- 0.6 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
54% gravel46% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 7:05 AMSunset 7:55 PM
Good to know
- Horses allowed on the whole route
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- Big Ivy Road 4.1 mi · ▲ 731 ft
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