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Log Hollow Falls–Slick Rock Falls, 6 sights is an 8.1-mile out-and-back near Laurel Falls, NC. The route passes Slick Rock Falls and Upper Rockhouse Creek Falls before reaching Log Hollow Falls at the turnaround, 4 miles in. It climbs 726 ft and is mostly gravel. It scores 62/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi2,615 – 3,229 ft8.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: 475B 35.29328, -82.79796
Nearest town Laurel Falls, NC

Directions

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Log Hollow Falls–Slick Rock Falls, 6 sights

8.1 mi · ▲ 726 ft · 3 hr 4 min

Elevation 2,615–3,228 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 475B · 35.29328, -82.79796

Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 89°F / low 69° · precip 15% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 7:07 AM · sunset 7:54 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on 475B, heading W.
  2. 50 ftPass Slick Rock Falls.
  3. 0.8 miPass Upper Rockhouse Creek Falls.
  4. 50 ftBear right onto Rockhouse Creek Road, heading NE.
  5. 50 ftContinue straight onto Headwater Road, heading N.
  6. 1.4 miTurn left onto Cove Creek Road, heading W.
  7. 50 ftBear right onto Headwater Road, heading W.
  8. 0.8 miBear left, heading N.
  9. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Bear Pen Branch, heading N.
  10. 100 ftBear left onto Headwater Road, heading N.
  11. 0.3 miSharp right onto Log Hollow Road, heading NE.
  12. 0.5 miReach Log Hollow Falls, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  13. 0.5 miSharp left onto Headwater Road, heading E.
  14. 0.3 miBear right onto Bear Pen Branch, heading S.
  15. 100 ftContinue straight onto Headwater Road, heading SE.
  16. 1.1 miBear left onto Cove Creek Road, heading E.
  17. 50 ftTurn right onto Headwater Road, heading E.
  18. 1.4 miContinue straight onto Rockhouse Creek Road, heading SE.
  19. 50 ftBear left onto 475B, heading SE.
  20. 0.6 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

87% gravel12% dirt1% unspecified

Weather

OvercastTemperature 89°F69°
Precip15%Wind5 mphUV7Humidity70%
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: 10% rain4 PM: 11% rain5 PM: 14% rain6 PM: 15% rain7 PM: 9% rain8 PM: 9% rain9 PM: 7% rain10 PM: 8% rain11 PM: 8% rain
Sunrise 7:07 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 7:54 PM
Sun 88°68° 67%
Mon 72°65° 58%
Tue 77°59° 17%
Wed 85°60°
Thu 85°64° 23%
Fri 82°65° 42%

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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