Bradley Creek Trail & Laurel Creek via Yellow Gap Road is a 15.9-mile out-and-back near Boylston, NC. It climbs 2,373 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade. It scores 93/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi2,231 – 3,206 ft · steepest grade: 18%16.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: North Mills River Trail 35.40664, -82.64962
Nearest town Boylston, NC
Directions
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Bradley Creek Trail & Laurel Creek via Yellow Gap Road
15.9 mi · ▲ 2,373 ft · 6 hr 29 min
Elevation 2,231–3,205 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: North Mills River Trail · 35.40664, -82.64962
Weather Sep 5: Mostly clear, high 93°F / low 70° · precip 14% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 7:07 AM · sunset 7:54 PM
Bikes allowed on the whole route · Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Yellow Gap Road, heading W.
- 4.5 miSharp left onto Bradley Creek Trail, heading SE.
- 2 miBear right onto Laurel Creek, heading S.
- 1.5 miReach Bradley Creek Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.5 miBear left onto Bradley Creek Trail, heading N.
- 2 miSharp right onto Yellow Gap Road, heading NW.
- 4.5 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
56% gravel44% dirt
Weather
Mostly clearTemperature 93°F70°
Precip14%Wind4 mphUV7Humidity78%
Hourly temperature
95°70°
Sunrise 7:07 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 7:54 PM
Sun
91°71°
66%
Mon
76°64°
66%
Tue
81°59°
Wed
87°59°
Thu
89°62°
20%
Fri
85°65°
51%
Good to know
- Bikes allowed on the whole route
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from North Mills River Trail Trailhead
- Fletcher Creek Road–North Mills River Trail, 3 sights 2.9 mi · ▲ 407 ft
- Laurel Ridge Road–North Mills River Trail Loop, 3 sights 4.1 mi · ▲ 543 ft
- Bear Branch–Hendersonville Reservoir, 5 sights 4.7 mi · ▲ 497 ft
- Yellow Gap Road 6.3 mi · ▲ 974 ft
- Hendersonville Reservoir–North Mills River Trail, 5 sights 7.1 mi · ▲ 704 ft
- Laurel Ridge Road via Yellow Gap Road 9.3 mi · ▲ 1,439 ft
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