Curtis Creek Road–Hickory Branch Trail, 6 sights is a 16-mile out-and-back near Sunnyvale, NC. It climbs 4,229 ft, with sections as steep as 25% grade. It scores 89/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi1,680 – 3,422 ft · steepest grade: 25%16.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Sugar Cove Road 35.73607, -82.16702
Nearest town Sunnyvale, NC
Directions
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Curtis Creek Road–Hickory Branch Trail, 6 sights
16 mi · ▲ 4,229 ft · 7 hr 27 min
Elevation 1,681–3,422 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Sugar Cove Road · 35.73607, -82.16702
Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 90°F / low 72° · precip 16% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 7:04 AM · sunset 7:54 PM
- Start on Sugar Cove Trail, heading E.
- 2.5 miSharp left onto Curtis Creek Road, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Mackey Mountain Trail, heading S.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Curtis Creek Road, heading S.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Lead Mine Gap Trail, heading S.
- 3.9 miTurn left onto Curtis Creek Road, heading SW.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Snook's Nose, heading SW.
- 400 ftContinue straight onto Curtis Creek Road, heading SW.
- 1.2 miReach Sugar Cove Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.2 miContinue straight onto Snook's Nose, heading NE.
- 400 ftContinue straight onto Curtis Creek Road, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Lead Mine Gap Trail, heading NE.
- 3.9 miBear left onto Curtis Creek Road, heading N.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Mackey Mountain Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Curtis Creek Road, heading N.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Sugar Cove Trail, heading N.
- 2.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
52% dirt48% unspecified
Weather
OvercastTemperature 90°F72°
Feels like82°Precip16%Wind6 mphUV7Humidity60%
Hourly temperatureRain chance
90°70°
Sunrise 7:04 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 7:54 PM
Sat
92°74°
Sun
91°68°
66%
Mon
74°65°
66%
Tue
79°60°
Wed
87°62°
Thu
88°67°
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