Lake Imaging–Holly Road, 5 sights is a 7-mile out-and-back near Hamilton Estates, NC. The route passes Lake Imaging and Lake Imaging. It climbs 955 ft. It scores 76/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi2,264 – 2,730 ft7.1 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Triple Falls Trail 35.20203, -82.62011
Nearest town Hamilton Estates, NC
Directions
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Lake Imaging–Holly Road, 5 sights
7 mi · ▲ 955 ft · 2 hr 49 min
Elevation 2,266–2,730 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Triple Falls Trail · 35.20203, -82.62011
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 NE.
- 150 ftSharp left onto Hooker Ridge Road, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right onto Hooker Falls Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Holly Road, heading NE.
- 1.2 miPass Lake Imaging.
- 0.2 miPass Lake Imaging.
- 50 ftBear left onto Ridgeline Trail, heading SE.
- 1.1 miTurn right onto Hooker Creek Trail, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Hooker Creek - Climbing Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Hooker Creek Trail, heading NE.
- 350 ftReach Lake Imaging, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 300 ftBear left onto Hooker Creek - Climbing Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Hooker Creek Trail, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading W.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Ridgeline Trail, heading NE.
- 1.1 miBear right onto Lake Imaging Road, heading SW.
- 1.5 miTurn left onto Hooker Falls Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left onto Hooker Ridge Road, heading SW.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading SW.
- 50 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
5% gravel5% dirt90% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 7:06 AMSunset 7:55 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.3 mi in (~100 min). Leave by 5:55 PM for the 7:55 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:38 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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