Lake Imaging & Jim Branch Trail via Buck Forest Road
3.1 mi · ▲ 317 ft · 1 hr 12 min
Lake Imaging & Jim Branch Trail via Buck Forest Road is a 3.1-mile out-and-back near Hamilton Estates, NC. The route reaches Lake Imaging. It climbs 317 ft. It scores 85/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi2,307 – 2,625 ft3.2 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Lake Imaging Road 35.20924, -82.61376
Nearest town Hamilton Estates, NC
Directions
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Lake Imaging & Jim Branch Trail via Buck Forest Road
3.1 mi · ▲ 317 ft · 1 hr 12 min
Elevation 2,307–2,625 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Lake Imaging Road · 35.20924, -82.61376
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 7:06 AM · sunset 7:55 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Lake Imaging Road, heading SE.
- 50 ftPass Lake Imaging.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Jim Branch Trail, heading E.
- 1.2 miSharp right onto Buck Forest Road, heading S.
- 0.2 miReach Lake Imaging, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Jim Branch Trail, heading N.
- 1.2 miTurn right onto Lake Imaging Road, heading W.
- 400 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
15% dirt7% gravel78% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 7:06 AMSunset 7:55 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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