1. Start on Rice Pinnacle Road, heading SW.
2. 150 ftTurn right, heading W.
3. 0.2 miBear right onto Deer Lake Lodge Trail, heading SW.
4. 0.4 miBear right, heading SW.
5. 0.3 miSharp left, heading W.
6. 0.2 miBear left onto Ledford Branch Parking, heading SW.
7. 50 ftContinue straight onto Bent Creek Gap Road, heading SW.
8. 2.7 miTurn left onto South Ridge Road, heading SW.
9. 150 ftBear right onto pinetree, heading SW.
10. 0.5 miReach Deer Lake Lodge Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
11. 0.5 miBear left onto South Ridge Road, heading NW.
12. 150 ftTurn right onto Bent Creek Gap Road, heading NW.
13. 2.7 miContinue straight onto Ledford Branch Parking, heading E.
14. 50 ftBear right onto Deer Lake Lodge Trail, heading E.
15. 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
16. 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
17. 0.7 miTurn left onto Rice Pinnacle Road, heading SE.
18. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/deer-lake-lodge-trail-south-ridge-road-out-back-3-sights