Hickory Branch Trail–Lead Mine Gap Trail, 4 sights

14.1 mi · ▲ 4,398 ft · 6 hr 54 min

Hickory Branch Trail–Lead Mine Gap Trail, 4 sights is a 14.1-mile out-and-back near Dendron, NC. It climbs 4,398 ft, with sections as steep as 42% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 91/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi1,850 – 3,770 ft · steepest grade: 42%14.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 35.67596, -82.20993
Nearest town Dendron, NC

Directions

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Hickory Branch Trail–Lead Mine Gap Trail, 4 sights

14.1 mi · ▲ 4,398 ft · 6 hr 54 min

Elevation 1,852–3,769 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 35.67596, -82.20993

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 7:04 AM · sunset 7:54 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 1.3 miTurn left onto Snook's Nose, heading N.
  3. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Curtis Creek Road, heading NE.
  4. 0.1 miTurn right onto Lead Mine Gap Trail, heading N.
  5. 3.9 miBear left onto Curtis Creek Road, heading NE.
  6. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Mackey Mountain Trail, heading N.
  7. 50 ftContinue straight onto Curtis Creek Road, heading N.
  8. 0.8 miReach Snook's Nose, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 0.8 miContinue straight onto Mackey Mountain Trail, heading S.
  10. 100 ftContinue straight onto Curtis Creek Road, heading S.
  11. 0.3 miBear right onto Lead Mine Gap Trail, heading S.
  12. 3.9 miTurn left onto Curtis Creek Road, heading NW.
  13. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Snook's Nose, heading NW.
  14. 0.7 miTurn right, heading NW.
  15. 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 surface

70% dirt30% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:04 AMSunset 7:54 PM

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