Lake Imaging–Holly Road, 3 sights is a 3.1-mile out-and-back near Hamilton Estates, NC. The route passes Lake Imaging before reaching Lake Imaging at the turnaround, 1.5 miles in. It is mostly level, with 223 ft of elevation gain. It scores 70/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi2,257 – 2,415 ft3.2 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 35.20319, -82.61901
Nearest town Hamilton Estates, NC
Directions
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Lake Imaging–Holly Road, 3 sights
3.1 mi · ▲ 223 ft · 1 hr 9 min
Elevation 2,257–2,414 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 35.20319, -82.61901
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 7:06 AM · sunset 7:55 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 250 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 100 ftBear right onto Hooker Ridge Road, heading W.
- 100 ftBear right onto Hooker Falls Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Holly Road, heading NE.
- 1.3 miPass Lake Imaging.
- 0.2 miReach Lake Imaging, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.5 miTurn left onto Hooker Falls Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left onto Hooker Ridge Road, heading SW.
- 100 ftBear left, heading S.
- 100 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 200 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
14% gravel86% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 7:06 AMSunset 7:55 PM
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Lake Imaging–Holly Road, 5 sights 7 mi · ▲ 955 ft
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