1. Start on Fletcher Creek Road, heading SE.
2. 50 ftContinue straight onto Trace Ridge, heading S.
3. 500 ftBear left onto Fletcher Creek Road, heading SE.
4. 100 ftContinue straight onto Trace Ridge, heading SE.
5. 0.5 miBear right, heading SE.
6. 0.4 miSharp right onto North Mills River Trail, heading SE.
7. 0.7 miBear left onto Yellow Gap, heading NW.
8. 1.2 miSharp right onto Laurel Ridge Road, heading SE.
9. 2.7 miReach Trace Ridge, then turn around and head back the way you came.
10. 2.7 miSharp left onto Yellow Gap, heading E.
11. 1.2 miBear right onto North Mills River Trail, heading SE.
12. 0.7 miSharp left onto Trace Ridge, heading SE.
13. 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
14. 0.8 miContinue straight onto Fletcher Creek Road, heading N.
15. 100 ftBear right onto Trace Ridge, heading N.
16. 450 ftContinue straight onto Fletcher Creek Road, heading NW.
17. 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/fletcher-creek-road-laurel-ridge-road-out-back-5-sights