Long Branch Trail & Searcy Creek Road
4.2 mi · ▲ 485 ft · 1 hr 39 min
Long Branch Trail & Searcy Creek Road is a 4.2-mile out-and-back near Balsam Grove, NC. It climbs 485 ft. It scores 80/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi2,654 – 2,861 ft4.2 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Searcy Creek Road 35.28075, -82.83456
Nearest town Balsam Grove, NC
Directions
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Long Branch Trail & Searcy Creek Road
4.2 mi · ▲ 485 ft · 1 hr 39 min
Elevation 2,654–2,860 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Searcy Creek Road · 35.28075, -82.83456
Weather Sep 5: Partly cloudy, high 87°F / low 69° · precip 18% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 7:07 AM · sunset 7:56 PM
- Start on Searcy Creek Road, heading SE.
- 1.2 miTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Long Branch Trail, heading E.
- 0.9 miReach Searcy Creek Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.9 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Searcy Creek Road, heading NW.
- 1.2 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
42% dirt58% unspecified
Weather
Partly cloudyTemperature 87°F69°
Precip18%Wind5 mphUV7Humidity57%
Rained 0.2″ 4 days ago
Hourly temperatureRain chance
90°65°
Sunrise 7:07 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 7:56 PM
Sat
89°70°
16%
Sun
85°67°
67%
Mon
72°65°
58%
Tue
77°60°
17%
Wed
85°61°
Thu
88°65°
23%
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- McCall Cemetery Road & Searcy Creek Road 6.5 mi · ▲ 649 ft
- Grogan Creek Road & Searcy Creek Road 7 mi · ▲ 684 ft
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- Kagle Mountain Road–Searcy Connector, 4 sights 14.4 mi · ▲ 1,791 ft
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