Hendersonville Reservoir & Fletcher Creek Trail via Spencer Gap
4.2 mi · ▲ 412 ft · 1 hr 36 min
Hendersonville Reservoir & Fletcher Creek Trail via Spencer Gap is a 4.2-mile out-and-back near Stony Fork, NC. The route reaches Hendersonville Reservoir at the turnaround, 2.1 miles in. It climbs 412 ft, with sections as steep as 15% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 65/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Hendersonville Reservoir & Fletcher Creek Trail via Spencer Gap
4.2 mi · ▲ 412 ft · 1 hr 36 min
Elevation 2,492–2,827 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Fletcher Creek Road · 35.44242, -82.69263
Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 91°F / low 72° · precip 16% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 7:07 AM · sunset 7:54 PM
Bikes allowed on the whole route
- Start on Fletcher Creek Trail, heading S.
- 1.2 miContinue straight onto Spencer Gap, heading SE.
- 0.9 miReach Hendersonville Reservoir, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.9 miContinue straight onto Fletcher Creek Trail, heading NW.
- 1.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Bikes allowed on the whole route
More from Fletcher Creek Road Trailhead
- Fletcher Creek Road 2 mi · ▲ 109 ft
- Fletcher Creek Trail & Spencer Gap Loop via Fletcher Creek Road 3.2 mi · ▲ 251 ft
- Spencer Branch Upper via Fletcher Creek Road 4.2 mi · ▲ 662 ft
- Hendersonville Reservoir & Fletcher Creek Trail 4.5 mi · ▲ 642 ft
- Fletcher Creek Road–Fletcher Creek Trail Loop, 3 sights 4.7 mi · ▲ 328 ft
- Spencer Branch Upper & Spencer Gap via Fletcher Creek Road 7.7 mi · ▲ 1,155 ft
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