Laurel Ridge Road via Yellow Gap Road
9.3 mi · ▲ 1,439 ft · 3 hr 49 min
Laurel Ridge Road via Yellow Gap Road is a 9.3-mile out-and-back near Boylston, NC. It climbs 1,439 ft and is mostly gravel. It scores 87/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Laurel Ridge Road via Yellow Gap Road
9.3 mi · ▲ 1,439 ft · 3 hr 49 min
Elevation 2,231–3,542 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: North Mills River Trail · 35.40664, -82.64962
Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 90°F / low 69° · precip 18% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 7:06 AM · sunset 7:55 PM
Bikes allowed on the whole route · Horses allowed on the whole route · Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Yellow Gap Road, heading W.
- 0.8 miSharp right onto Laurel Ridge Road, heading E.
- 3.9 miReach Laurel Ridge Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 3.9 miSharp left onto Yellow Gap Road, heading S.
- 0.7 miArrive 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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Good to know
- Bikes allowed on the whole route
- Horses allowed on the whole route
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from North Mills River Trail Trailhead
- Fletcher Creek Road–North Mills River Trail, 3 sights 2.9 mi · ▲ 407 ft
- Laurel Ridge Road–North Mills River Trail Loop, 3 sights 4.1 mi · ▲ 543 ft
- Bear Branch–Hendersonville Reservoir, 5 sights 4.7 mi · ▲ 497 ft
- Yellow Gap Road 6.3 mi · ▲ 974 ft
- Hendersonville Reservoir–North Mills River Trail, 5 sights 7.1 mi · ▲ 704 ft
- Bad Fork Trail–North Mills River Trail, 7 sights 9.9 mi · ▲ 2,042 ft
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