Goodson Rock–Lake Powhatan Beach, 11 sights is a 14.8-mile out-and-back near Bent Creek, NC. The route passes Lake Powhatan Beach and Moors Gap before reaching Goodson Rock at the turnaround, 7.4 miles in. It climbs 2,076 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade. It scores 49/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi2,011 – 2,861 ft · steepest grade: 19%15.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Shut-In Trail 35.50105, -82.59406
Nearest town Bent Creek, NC
Directions
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Goodson Rock–Lake Powhatan Beach, 11 sights
14.8 mi · ▲ 2,076 ft · 5 hr 58 min
Elevation 2,012–2,861 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Shut-In Trail · 35.50105, -82.59406
Weather Sep 5: Clear, high 91°F / low 67° · precip 14% · wind 1 mph · sunrise 7:06 AM · sunset 7:55 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Shut-In Trail, heading W.
- 1.4 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Hard Times Road, heading N.
- 0.3 miSharp left onto Owl Ridge Trail, heading SW.
- 0.9 miBear right onto Rocky Cove Road, heading NW.
- 0.3 miSharp left onto Bent Creek Trail, heading NW.
- 0.9 miPass Lake Powhatan Beach.
- 50 ftBear right onto Hardtimes Road, heading SW.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 350 ftTurn right onto Hardtimes Connector, heading N.
- 0.8 miContinue straight onto Deer Lake Lodge Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Deer Lake Road, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 350 ftBear left, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Rice Pinnacle Road, heading NE.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto North Boundary Road, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 0.7 miTurn right onto Northern Boundary Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miPass Moors Gap.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.4 miReach Goodson Rock, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto North Boundary Road, heading W.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto Rice Pinnacle Road, heading N.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading SW.
- 350 ftTurn right onto Deer Lake Road, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Deer Lake Lodge Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Hardtimes Connector, heading S.
- 0.8 miTurn left onto Hardtimes Road, heading SW.
- 300 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 350 ftBear left onto Bent Creek Trail, heading SW.
- 0.9 miSharp right onto Rocky Cove Road, heading N.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Owl Ridge Trail, heading NE.
- 0.9 miSharp right onto Hard Times Road, heading N.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Shut-In Trail, heading S.
- 1.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
48% gravel43% dirt9% unspecified
Weather
ClearTemperature 91°F67°
Precip14%Wind1 mphUV7Humidity73%
Hourly temperature
95°65°
Sunrise 7:06 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 7:55 PM
Sat
94°70°
Sun
87°68°
66%
Mon
77°65°
49%
Tue
84°61°
Wed
88°60°
Thu
90°63°
18%
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Shut-In Trail Trailhead
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- Lake Powhatan Beach–Deer Lake Road, 6 sights 11.3 mi · ▲ 1,419 ft
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- Laurel Branch Road & Shut-In Trail 13.4 mi · ▲ 2,671 ft
- 479H–Explorer Loop, 3 sights 13.9 mi · ▲ 2,657 ft
- Rice Pinnacle–Goodson Rock, 9 sights 15.5 mi · ▲ 2,239 ft
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