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Log Hollow Falls–Bear Pen Branch, 5 sights is a 6.3-mile out-and-back near Big East Fork, NC. The route reaches Log Hollow Falls. It climbs 532 ft. It scores 49/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi3,045 – 3,471 ft6.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: North Face Trailhead 35.31139, -82.79806
Nearest town Big East Fork, NC

Directions

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Log Hollow Falls–Bear Pen Branch, 5 sights

6.3 mi · ▲ 532 ft · 2 hr 22 min

Elevation 3,044–3,470 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: North Face Trailhead · 35.31139, -82.79806

Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 88°F / low 68° · precip 16% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 7:07 AM · sunset 7:54 PM

  1. Start on Headwater Road, heading NW.
  2. 0.3 miTurn left onto Cove Creek Road, heading W.
  3. 50 ftBear right onto Headwater Road, heading NW.
  4. 50 ftContinue straight onto Cove Creek Road, heading SW.
  5. 0.5 miTurn left onto Upper Cove Creek - A, heading SW.
  6. 0.5 miReach Log Hollow Falls, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 0.5 miSharp right onto Cove Creek Road, heading NW.
  8. 350 ftContinue straight onto Seniard Ridge Road, heading N.
  9. 0.8 miBear left, heading W.
  10. 0.3 miTurn right onto Log Hollow Road, heading N.
  11. 1.3 miPass Log Hollow Falls.
  12. 0.6 miSharp left onto Headwater Road, heading E.
  13. 0.3 miBear right onto Bear Pen Branch, heading S.
  14. 50 ftContinue straight onto Headwater Road, heading SE.
  15. 1.1 miBear left onto Cove Creek Road, heading SE.
  16. 100 ftTurn right onto Headwater Road, heading E.
  17. 0.1 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

53% dirt38% gravel9% unspecified

Weather

OvercastTemperature 88°F68°
Precip16%Wind3 mphUV7Humidity71%
Hourly temperatureRain chance
90°65° 1 AM: 1% rain2 AM: 1% rain5 AM: 1% rain10 AM: 1% rain11 AM: 1% rain12 PM: 1% rain1 PM: 4% rain2 PM: 6% rain3 PM: 11% rain4 PM: 13% rain5 PM: 16% rain6 PM: 16% rain7 PM: 10% rain8 PM: 10% rain9 PM: 7% rain10 PM: 8% rain11 PM: 9% rain
Sunrise 7:07 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 7:54 PM
Sun 82°65° 67%
Mon 70°63° 60%
Tue 75°57° 17%
Wed 84°59°
Thu 84°63° 23%
Fri 81°63° 42%

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