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Hendersonville Reservoir & Fletcher Creek Trail

2.9 mi · ▲ 316 ft · 1 hr 7 min

Hendersonville Reservoir & Fletcher Creek Trail is a 2.9-mile out-and-back near Boylston, NC. The route reaches Hendersonville Reservoir at the turnaround, 1.3 miles in. It climbs 316 ft. It scores 87/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi2,395 – 2,553 ft3.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Hendersonville Reservoir 35.42025, -82.65682
Nearest town Boylston, NC
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Hendersonville Reservoir & Fletcher Creek Trail

2.9 mi · ▲ 316 ft · 1 hr 7 min

Elevation 2,394–2,553 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Hendersonville Reservoir · 35.42025, -82.65682

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 7:06 AM · sunset 7:55 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Hendersonville Reservoir, heading W.
  2. 1.2 miContinue straight onto Fletcher Creek Trail, heading SW.
  3. 250 ftContinue straight onto Hendersonville Reservoir, heading SW.
  4. 50 ftContinue straight onto Fletcher Creek Trail, heading SW.
  5. 250 ftContinue straight onto Hendersonville Reservoir, heading SW.
  6. 0.1 miBear right onto Spencer Gap, heading W.
  7. 50 ftReach Hendersonville Reservoir, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 50 ftBear left onto Hendersonville Reservoir, heading N.
  9. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Fletcher Creek Trail, heading NE.
  10. 250 ftContinue straight onto Hendersonville Reservoir, heading NE.
  11. 50 ftContinue straight onto Fletcher Creek Trail, heading NE.
  12. 250 ftContinue straight onto Hendersonville Reservoir, heading NE.
  13. 1.2 miArrive 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/hendersonville-reservoir-hendersonville-reservoir-out-back-4-sights-5-km

Trail surface

8% dirt92% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:06 AMSunset 7:55 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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