1. Start on Bent Creek Gap Road, heading S.
2. 0.9 miBear left onto 479H, heading S.
3. 300 ftBear right onto long branch, heading SW.
4. 0.5 miSharp left onto South Ridge Road, heading W.
5. 50 ftTurn right onto long branch, heading W.
6. 0.3 miContinue straight onto cold knob ridge, heading S.
7. 0.5 miPass Cold Knob.
8. 50 ftContinue straight onto cold knob boundary trail, heading S.
9. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Brushy Ridge Trail, heading E.
10. 0.6 miPass Double Head.
11. 1.4 miTurn right onto Seniard Mountain Road, heading SE.
12. 450 ftSharp left onto Wash Creek Road, heading E.
13. 0.3 miTurn right onto Hendersonville Reservoir, heading SE.
14. 250 ftContinue straight onto Wash Creek, heading SE.
15. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Trace Ridge, heading SE.
16. 0.4 miTurn left onto North Mills River Trail, heading SW.
17. 1.1 miReach Double Head, then turn around and head back the way you came.
18. 1.1 miTurn right onto Trace Ridge, heading N.
19. 50 ftBear left, heading N.
20. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Wash Creek, heading N.
21. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Hendersonville Reservoir, heading N.
22. 250 ftTurn left onto Wash Creek Road, heading N.
23. 0.3 miSharp right onto Seniard Mountain Road, heading NW.
24. 500 ftTurn left, heading N.
25. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Brushy Ridge Trail, heading N.
26. 1.6 miContinue straight onto cold knob boundary trail, heading NW.
27. 0.4 miContinue straight onto cold knob ridge, heading NW.
28. 0.5 miContinue straight onto long branch, heading N.
29. 0.3 miTurn left onto South Ridge Road, heading N.
30. 50 ftSharp right onto long branch, heading N.
31. 0.5 miBear left onto 479H, heading NE.
32. 300 ftBear right onto Bent Creek Gap Road, heading N.
33. 0.8 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/double-head-cold-knob-out-back-10-sights-24-km