Deer Lake Lodge Trail Loop via Boyd Branch Road is a 3-mile loop near Bent Creek, NC. It climbs 514 ft, with sections as steep as 31% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 69/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi2,126 – 2,602 ft · steepest grade: 31%3.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Rice Pinnacle Road 35.49653, -82.61524
Nearest town Bent Creek, NC
Directions
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Deer Lake Lodge Trail Loop via Boyd Branch Road
3 mi · ▲ 514 ft · 1 hr 15 min
Elevation 2,124–2,601 ft
Loop
Trailhead: Rice Pinnacle Road · 35.49653, -82.61524
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 7:06 AM · sunset 7:55 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Rice Pinnacle Road, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Deer Lake Lodge Trail, heading SW.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading SW.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Ledford Branch Parking, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left onto Ledford Branch Road, heading SE.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto Boyd Branch Road, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right onto Ledford Branch Road, heading E.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Boyd Branch Road, heading E.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Ledford Branch Road, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 0.8 miContinue straight onto Deer Lake Road, heading NE.
- 450 ftSharp right, heading NE.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Deer Lake Lodge Trail, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Rice Pinnacle Road, heading E.
- 50 ftThe loop closes back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
66% dirt1% gravel33% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 7:06 AMSunset 7:55 PM
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Rice Pinnacle Road Trailhead
- Corvair Trail–Deer Lake Road Loop, 4 sights 2.5 mi · ▲ 260 ft
- Deer Lake Road–Ledford Branch Road Loop, 4 sights 2.7 mi · ▲ 163 ft
- Moors Gap–Corvair Trail, 5 sights 4.1 mi · ▲ 762 ft
- 479H–Deer Lake Lodge Trail, 3 sights 7.6 mi · ▲ 1,195 ft
- Deer Lake Lodge Trail–South Ridge Road, 3 sights 8.6 mi · ▲ 1,213 ft
- Scott Mountain–Baldwin Gap, 3 saddles 9.3 mi · ▲ 1,811 ft
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