Buck Spring Viewpoint–Hendersonville Reservoir, 6 sights is a 15-mile out-and-back near Stony Fork, NC. The route passes Buck Spring Viewpoint and Hendersonville Reservoir. It climbs 3,108 ft, with sections as steep as 36% grade. It scores 64/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi2,395 – 5,069 ft · steepest grade: 36%15.5 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Mount Pisgah Trail 35.41872, -82.74793
Nearest town Stony Fork, NC
Directions
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Buck Spring Viewpoint–Hendersonville Reservoir, 6 sights
15 mi · ▲ 3,108 ft · 6 hr 33 min
Elevation 2,394–5,068 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Mount Pisgah Trail · 35.41872, -82.74793
Weather Sep 4: Partly cloudy, high 78°F / low 62° · precip 19% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 7:06 AM · sunset 7:56 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 250 ftBear right onto Buck Spring Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Old 151 Buck Springs Entrance Drive, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 150 ftPass Buck Spring Viewpoint.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Buck Spring Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.4 miBear left onto Little Bald Mountain Trail, heading SE.
- 0.4 miBear left onto Laurel Mountain, heading SE.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading E.
- 1.2 miBear right onto Big Creek, heading NE.
- 2.5 miPass Hendersonville Reservoir.
- 200 ftSharp right onto Spencer Gap, heading E.
- 350 ftBear left onto Hendersonville Reservoir, heading N.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Fletcher Creek Trail, heading E.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Hendersonville Reservoir, heading NE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Fletcher Creek Trail, heading NE.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Hendersonville Reservoir, heading NE.
- 1.2 miSharp left onto Fletcher Creek Road, heading SE.
- 100 ftBear right onto Trace Ridge, heading S.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Fletcher Creek Road, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right onto Trace Ridge, heading SE.
- 0.1 miReach Buck Spring Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Fletcher Creek Road, heading NE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Trace Ridge, heading N.
- 500 ftBear left onto Fletcher Creek Road, heading N.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Hendersonville Reservoir, heading S.
- 1.2 miContinue straight onto Fletcher Creek Trail, heading SW.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Hendersonville Reservoir, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Fletcher Creek Trail, heading S.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Hendersonville Reservoir, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Spencer Gap, heading SW.
- 350 ftSharp left onto Big Creek, heading SW.
- 2.6 miBear left, heading SW.
- 1.2 miTurn right onto Laurel Mountain, heading SW.
- 0.7 miBear right onto Little Bald Mountain Trail, heading W.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading SW.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Buck Spring Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 200 ftTurn right onto Old 151 Buck Springs Entrance Drive, heading NW.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Buck Spring Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading NW.
- 50 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
59% dirt41% unspecified
Weather
Partly cloudyTemperature 78°F62°
Precip19%Wind4 mphUV7Humidity79%
Rained 0.1″ 5 days ago
Hourly temperatureRain chance
80°60°
Sunrise 7:06 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 7:56 PM
Sat
77°63°
15%
Sun
74°59°
59%
Mon
65°57°
36%
Tue
72°51°
Wed
76°52°
Thu
80°56°
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:36 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:56 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:22 PM.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Mount Pisgah Trail Trailhead
- Little Bald Mountain–Buck Spring Viewpoint, 3 summits 1.6 mi · ▲ 431 ft
- Mountains-to-Sea Viewpoint–Buck Spring Viewpoint Loop, 4 sights 2.8 mi · ▲ 436 ft
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