Farmhouse Trail & Shoal Creek Trail
2 mi · ▲ 146 ft · 44 min
Farmhouse Trail & Shoal Creek Trail is a 2-mile out-and-back near Hamilton Estates, NC. It is mostly level, with 146 ft of elevation gain. It scores 68/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Farmhouse Trail & Shoal Creek Trail
2 mi · ▲ 146 ft · 44 min
Elevation 2,547–2,714 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Shoal Creek Trail · 35.21901, -82.58813
Weather Sep 4: Partly cloudy, high 87°F / low 68° · precip 16% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 7:06 AM · sunset 7:55 PM
- Start on Shoal Creek Trail, heading NE.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Farmhouse Trail, heading SW.
- 0.5 miReach Shoal Creek Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Shoal Creek Trail, heading NW.
- 0.5 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.9 mi in (~29 min). Leave by 7:06 PM for the 7:55 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:35 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
More from Shoal Creek Trail Trailhead
- Farmhouse Trail–Guion Parking, 3 sights 2.4 mi · ▲ 252 ft
- Guion Parking–Hickory Mountain Road Loop, 4 sights 2.4 mi · ▲ 166 ft
- Buck Forest Road–Farmhouse Trail, 3 sights 2.7 mi · ▲ 224 ft
- Hickory Mountain Road–Hooker Creek Trail, 4 sights 3.2 mi · ▲ 420 ft
- Jim Branch Trail via Buck Forest Road 3.8 mi · ▲ 364 ft
- Shoal Creek Trail–Tarkiln Branch Road Loop, 3 sights 4.5 mi · ▲ 453 ft
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