Cathey's Creek Falls–Kagle Mountain Road, 3 sights
6.5 mi · ▲ 954 ft · 2 hr 39 min
Cathey's Creek Falls–Kagle Mountain Road, 3 sights is a 6.5-mile out-and-back near Balsam Grove, NC. The route reaches Cathey's Creek Falls. It climbs 954 ft, with sections as steep as 29% grade. It scores 90/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi2,494 – 3,360 ft · steepest grade: 29%6.6 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Catheys Creek Road 35.24976, -82.82175
Nearest town Balsam Grove, NC
Directions
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Cathey's Creek Falls–Kagle Mountain Road, 3 sights
6.5 mi · ▲ 954 ft · 2 hr 39 min
Elevation 2,495–3,359 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Catheys Creek Road · 35.24976, -82.82175
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 7:07 AM · sunset 7:56 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Catheys Creek Road, heading SW.
- 2.7 miSharp left, heading N.
- 200 ftReach Cathey's Creek Falls, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miSharp right onto Kagle Mountain Road, heading W.
- 0.7 miBear left, heading NE.
- 1.6 miTurn left onto Art Loeb Trail, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Low Gap Road, heading SW.
- 0.5 miBear left onto Catheys Creek Road, heading N.
- 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
55% gravel6% dirt39% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 7:07 AMSunset 7:56 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Catheys Creek Road Trailhead
- Butter Gap–Cedar Rock Mountain Trail, 3 sights 2.3 mi · ▲ 466 ft
- 471A & Worm Hole via Catheys Creek Road 3.3 mi · ▲ 380 ft
- Rich Mountain via Art Loeb Trail 3.3 mi · ▲ 512 ft
- Low Gap Road–Searcy Connector, 3 sights 3.4 mi · ▲ 584 ft
- Long Loeb LWO via Catheys Creek Road 3.6 mi · ▲ 419 ft
- 471C via Catheys Creek Road 3.9 mi · ▲ 314 ft
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