Hickey Fork Trail
5.7 mi · ▲ 1,500 ft · 2 hr 39 min
Hickey Fork Trail is a 5.7-mile out-and-back near Cutshalltown, NC. It climbs 1,500 ft, with sections as steep as 25% grade. It scores 78/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi2,100 – 3,432 ft · steepest grade: 25%5.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Hickey's Fork Road 35.98651, -82.69873
Nearest town Cutshalltown, NC
Directions
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Hickey Fork Trail
5.7 mi · ▲ 1,500 ft · 2 hr 39 min
Elevation 2,100–3,434 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Hickey's Fork Road · 35.98651, -82.69873
Weather Sep 4: Fog, high 91°F / low 70° · precip 12% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 7:06 AM · sunset 7:56 PM
- Start on Hickey's Fork Road, heading NW.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto Hickey Fork Trail, heading N.
- 2.2 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 2.2 miContinue straight onto Hickey's Fork Road, heading S.
- 0.7 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
24% gravel76% unspecified
Weather
FogTemperature 91°F70°
Precip12%Wind4 mphUV7Humidity71%
Hourly temperature
95°70°
Sunrise 7:06 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 7:56 PM
Sat
90°72°
29%
Sun
85°69°
30%
Mon
79°66°
17%
Tue
85°60°
Wed
84°62°
Thu
87°66°
22%
More from Hickey's Fork Road Trailhead
- Hickey's Fork Road 4 mi · ▲ 389 ft
- Baxter Cliff & Hickey's Fork Road via Jerry Miller Trail 12.1 mi · ▲ 2,256 ft
- Little Firescald Knob–Hickey Fork Sunset Point Loop, 7 sights 13.6 mi · ▲ 2,893 ft
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