Bradley Creek Trail–North Mills River Trail, 3 sights is a 15.1-mile out-and-back near Boylston, NC. It climbs 2,066 ft. It scores 91/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi2,231 – 3,206 ft15.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Hendersonville Reservoir 35.42025, -82.65682
Nearest town Boylston, NC
Directions
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Bradley Creek Trail–North Mills River Trail, 3 sights
15.1 mi · ▲ 2,066 ft · 6 hr 4 min
Elevation 2,231–3,205 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Hendersonville Reservoir · 35.42025, -82.65682
Weather Sep 5: Mostly clear, high 91°F / low 71° · precip 16% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 7:07 AM · sunset 7:54 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Trace Ridge, heading SE.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto North Mills River Trail, heading NE.
- 4.8 miSharp left onto Bradley Creek Trail, heading SW.
- 1.9 miReach Trace Ridge, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.9 miSharp right onto Yellow Gap Road, heading NW.
- 4.8 miTurn right onto Trace Ridge, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading W.
- 0.8 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
59% gravel36% dirt5% unspecified
Weather
Mostly clearTemperature 91°F71°
Precip16%Wind5 mphUV7Humidity76%
Hourly temperatureRain chance
95°70°
Sunrise 7:07 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 7:54 PM
Sun
89°70°
68%
Mon
75°63°
57%
Tue
80°58°
Wed
86°58°
Thu
88°61°
21%
Fri
84°64°
41%
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Hendersonville Reservoir Trailhead
- Seniard Mountain Road via Wash Creek Road 2 mi · ▲ 154 ft
- Wash Creek Road 2.4 mi · ▲ 273 ft
- Hendersonville Reservoir 2.4 mi · ▲ 173 ft
- Wash Creek Road 2.5 mi · ▲ 479 ft
- Trace Ridge & Wash Creek Loop via Hendersonville Reservoir 2.7 mi · ▲ 257 ft
- Hendersonville Reservoir & Fletcher Creek Trail 2.9 mi · ▲ 316 ft
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