Lake Powhatan–Lake Powhatan Beach, 7 sights
9.6 mi · ▲ 1,033 ft · 3 hr 43 min
Lake Powhatan–Lake Powhatan Beach, 7 sights is a 9.6-mile out-and-back near Bent Creek, NC. The route passes Lake Powhatan Beach and Lake Powhatan. It climbs 1,033 ft, with sections as steep as 25% grade. It scores 63/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi2,057 – 2,805 ft · steepest grade: 25%10.2 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Wesley Branch Trail 35.49837, -82.60725
Nearest town Bent Creek, NC
Directions
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Lake Powhatan–Lake Powhatan Beach, 7 sights
9.6 mi · ▲ 1,033 ft · 3 hr 43 min
Elevation 2,057–2,805 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 ftBear right onto Hardtimes Road, heading SW.
- 300 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miPass Lake Powhatan.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Wesley Branch Road, heading W.
- 0.7 miBear right onto Pine Tree Connector, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Explorer Loop, heading SE.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Explorer Loop Connector, heading S.
- 400 ftSharp left onto Bent Creek Gap Road, heading SW.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Laurel Branch Road, heading SW.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Lower Sidehill Trail, heading W.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto Laurel Branch Road, heading W.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Sidehill Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Little Hickory Top, heading NE.
- 100 ftReach Lake Powhatan, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Sidehill Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Laurel Branch Road, heading SW.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Lower Sidehill Trail, heading S.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Laurel Branch Road, heading S.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Bent Creek Gap Road, heading SE.
- 0.3 miSharp right onto Explorer Loop Connector, heading SE.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Explorer Loop, heading NE.
- 500 ftTurn left onto Pine Tree Connector, heading NE.
- 200 ftBear left onto Pine Tree Loop, heading NE.
- 0.7 miTurn left onto Homestead Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Hardtimes Road, heading NE.
- 350 ftBear left onto Bent Creek Trail, heading SE.
- 1.2 miTurn left onto Running Cedar Road, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Natural Garden Trail, heading NE.
- 0.4 miSharp left onto Wesley Branch Trail, heading NE.
- 150 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
43% dirt23% gravel34% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 7:06 AMSunset 7:55 PM
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Wesley Branch Trail Trailhead
- Bent Creek Trail–Natural Garden Trail, 3 sights 2 mi · ▲ 143 ft
- Lake Powhatan–Lake Powhatan Beach, 5 sights 4.4 mi · ▲ 200 ft
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