Lake Powhatan Beach–Bent Creek Trail, 6 sights is a 7.1-mile out-and-back near Bent Creek, NC. The route reaches Lake Powhatan Beach. It climbs 562 ft. It scores 62/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi2,080 – 2,362 ft7.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 35.49614, -82.61003
Nearest town Bent Creek, NC
Directions
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Lake Powhatan Beach–Bent Creek Trail, 6 sights
7.1 mi · ▲ 562 ft · 2 hr 39 min
Elevation 2,080–2,362 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 35.49614, -82.61003
Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 93°F / low 71° · precip 19% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 7:07 AM · sunset 7:54 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Bent Creek Trail, heading SW.
- 0.9 miPass Lake Powhatan Beach.
- 50 ftBear right onto Hardtimes Road, heading W.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 350 ftTurn right onto Hardtimes Connector, heading N.
- 0.8 miContinue straight onto Deer Lake Lodge Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Deer Lake Road, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 350 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Rice Pinnacle Road, heading NE.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Ledford Branch Road, heading N.
- 300 ftReach Lake Powhatan Beach, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 300 ftTurn right onto Rice Pinnacle Road, heading SW.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading E.
- 350 ftTurn right onto Deer Lake Road, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Deer Lake Lodge Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Hardtimes Connector, heading SE.
- 0.8 miTurn left onto Hardtimes Road, heading SW.
- 300 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 350 ftBear left onto Bent Creek Trail, heading W.
- 0.9 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.6 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
49% dirt38% gravel13% unspecified
Weather
OvercastTemperature 93°F71°
Precip19%Wind4 mphUV7Humidity81%
Hourly temperatureRain chance
95°70°
Sunrise 7:07 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 7:54 PM
Sun
86°69°
66%
Mon
77°65°
49%
Tue
82°59°
Wed
87°60°
Thu
89°63°
18%
Fri
86°66°
39%
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Bent Creek Trail–Natural Garden Trail, 3 sights 2 mi · ▲ 143 ft
- Rocky Cove Road & ferngully via Bent Creek Trail 2.9 mi · ▲ 432 ft
- Owl Ridge Trail & Rocky Cove Road Loop via Hard Times Road 3.8 mi · ▲ 423 ft
- Natural Garden Trail–Owl Ridge Trail Loop, 5 sights 5 mi · ▲ 628 ft
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