Bradley Creek Road–Bradley Creek Trail Loop, 6 sights is a 15.4-mile loop near Wolf Ford, NC. It climbs 2,084 ft, with sections as steep as 25% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 92/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi2,448 – 4,137 ft · steepest grade: 25%15.6 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Yellow Gap Road 35.38334, -82.71496
Nearest town Wolf Ford, NC
Directions
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Bradley Creek Road–Bradley Creek Trail Loop, 6 sights
15.4 mi · ▲ 2,084 ft · 6 hr 11 min
Elevation 2,448–4,136 ft
Loop
Trailhead: Yellow Gap Road · 35.38334, -82.71496
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 7:06 AM · sunset 7:56 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Yellow Gap Road, heading SE.
- 2.2 miContinue straight onto Bradley Creek Trail, heading SE.
- 1.9 miTurn left onto Bradley Creek Road, heading E.
- 3.9 miTurn left onto Yellow Gap Road, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Laurel Mountain, heading W.
- 5.1 miSharp left onto Slate Rock Connector, heading NW.
- 0.5 miSharp right onto Slate Rock Creek Trail, heading SE.
- 1.6 miContinue straight onto Pilot Cove Loop, heading SE.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Slate Rock Creek Trail, heading SE.
- 350 ftThe loop closes back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
60% dirt15% gravel25% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 7:06 AMSunset 7:56 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Yellow Gap Road Trailhead
- Yellow Gap Road 2.2 mi · ▲ 191 ft
- Pilot Connector–Pilot Cove Loop Loop, 5 sights 3.2 mi · ▲ 388 ft
- Yellow Gap Road 3.3 mi · ▲ 318 ft
- Yellow Gap Road 4 mi · ▲ 357 ft
- Yellow Gap Road 6.9 mi · ▲ 868 ft
- Yellow Gap Road 10.3 mi · ▲ 659 ft
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