Joel Branch Road
2.5 mi · ▲ 398 ft · 1 hr 2 min
Joel Branch Road is a 2.5-mile out-and-back near Ecusta, NC. It climbs 398 ft, with sections as steep as 24% grade. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi2,129 – 2,336 ft · steepest grade: 24%2.6 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Estatoe Trail 35.27350, -82.70677
Nearest town Ecusta, NC
Directions
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Joel Branch Road
2.5 mi · ▲ 398 ft · 1 hr 2 min
Elevation 2,128–2,337 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Estatoe Trail · 35.27350, -82.70677
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 7:07 AM · sunset 7:54 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Art Loeb Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Joel Branch Road, heading NW.
- 0.3 miSharp right, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Art Loeb Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 150 ftSharp left onto Joel Branch Road, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Art Loeb Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.4 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
40% dirt2% boardwalk58% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 7:07 AMSunset 7:54 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Estatoe Trail Trailhead
- Joel Branch Road 2.1 mi · ▲ 398 ft
- Estatoe Trail via Joel Branch Road 3 mi · ▲ 223 ft
- Joel Branch Road 3.2 mi · ▲ 594 ft
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