Lake Powhatan–Lake Powhatan Beach, 5 sights
4.4 mi · ▲ 200 ft · 1 hr 34 min
Lake Powhatan–Lake Powhatan Beach, 5 sights is a 4.4-mile out-and-back near Bent Creek, NC. The route passes Lake Powhatan Beach and Lake Powhatan before reaching Lake Powhatan Beach at the turnaround, 2.2 miles in. It is mostly level, with 200 ft of elevation gain. It scores 55/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Lake Powhatan–Lake Powhatan Beach, 5 sights
4.4 mi · ▲ 200 ft · 1 hr 34 min
Elevation 2,057–2,190 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Wesley Branch Trail · 35.49837, -82.60725
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 7:06 AM · sunset 7:55 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Wesley Branch Trail, heading E.
- 350 ftSharp right onto Natural Garden Trail, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Running Cedar Road, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Bent Creek Trail, heading SW.
- 1.2 miPass Lake Powhatan Beach.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Hardtimes Road, heading SW.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Homestead Trail, heading SW.
- 0.4 miPass Lake Powhatan Beach.
- 50 ftReach Lake Powhatan, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Hardtimes Road, heading N.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Bent Creek Trail, heading N.
- 1.2 miTurn left onto Running Cedar Road, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Natural Garden Trail, heading SE.
- 0.4 miSharp left onto Wesley Branch Trail, heading NE.
- 300 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Owl Ridge Trail–Shut-In Trail, 3 sights 6.8 mi · ▲ 1,190 ft
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