Laurel Ridge Road–Trace Ridge, 3 sights
10.8 mi · ▲ 1,668 ft · 4 hr 26 min
Laurel Ridge Road–Trace Ridge, 3 sights is a 10.8-mile out-and-back near Boylston, NC. It climbs 1,668 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade. It scores 86/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi2,261 – 3,543 ft · steepest grade: 16%10.9 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Hendersonville Reservoir 35.42025, -82.65682
Nearest town Boylston, NC
Directions
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Laurel Ridge Road–Trace Ridge, 3 sights
10.8 mi · ▲ 1,668 ft · 4 hr 26 min
Elevation 2,259–3,542 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Hendersonville Reservoir · 35.42025, -82.65682
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 7:07 AM · sunset 7:54 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Trace Ridge, heading SE.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.4 miSharp right onto North Mills River Trail, heading W.
- 0.7 miBear left onto Yellow Gap, heading NW.
- 1.2 miSharp right onto Laurel Ridge Road, heading S.
- 2.7 miReach Trace Ridge, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 2.7 miSharp left onto Yellow Gap, heading E.
- 1.2 miBear right onto North Mills River Trail, heading E.
- 0.7 miSharp left onto Trace Ridge, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left, heading E.
- 0.8 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
50% gravel43% dirt7% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 7:07 AMSunset 7:54 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Hendersonville Reservoir Trailhead
- Seniard Mountain Road via Wash Creek Road 2 mi · ▲ 154 ft
- Wash Creek Road 2.4 mi · ▲ 273 ft
- Hendersonville Reservoir 2.4 mi · ▲ 173 ft
- Wash Creek Road 2.5 mi · ▲ 479 ft
- Trace Ridge & Wash Creek Loop via Hendersonville Reservoir 2.7 mi · ▲ 257 ft
- Hendersonville Reservoir & Fletcher Creek Trail 2.9 mi · ▲ 316 ft
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