McCall Cemetery Road & Searcy Creek Road
6.5 mi · ▲ 649 ft · 2 hr 29 min
McCall Cemetery Road & Searcy Creek Road is a 6.5-mile out-and-back near Balsam Grove, NC. It climbs 649 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade. It scores 80/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi2,710 – 3,074 ft · steepest grade: 17%6.6 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Searcy Creek Road 35.28075, -82.83456
Nearest town Balsam Grove, NC
Directions
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McCall Cemetery Road & Searcy Creek Road
6.5 mi · ▲ 649 ft · 2 hr 29 min
Elevation 2,710–3,073 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 7:08 AM · sunset 7:55 PM
- Start on Searcy Creek Road, heading SE.
- 1.2 miSharp right onto Long Branch Trail, heading W.
- 0.9 miTurn right onto McCall Cemetery Road, heading NE.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.7 miReach Searcy Creek Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.7 miBear left, heading E.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Long Branch Trail, heading SW.
- 0.9 miSharp left onto Searcy Creek Road, heading N.
- 1.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
27% dirt73% unspecified
Weather
Partly cloudyTemperature 87°F69°
Precip18%Wind5 mphUV7Humidity57%
Rained 0.2″ 4 days ago
Hourly temperatureRain chance
90°65°
Sunrise 7:08 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 7:55 PM
Sat
89°70°
16%
Sun
85°67°
67%
Mon
72°65°
58%
Tue
77°60°
17%
Wed
85°61°
Thu
88°65°
23%
More from Searcy Creek Road Trailhead
- Long Branch Trail & Searcy Creek Road 4.2 mi · ▲ 485 ft
- Grogan Creek Road & Searcy Creek Road 7 mi · ▲ 684 ft
- Long Loeb LWO–Searcy Connector, 4 sights 13.6 mi · ▲ 1,858 ft
- Kagle Mountain Road–Searcy Connector, 4 sights 14.4 mi · ▲ 1,791 ft
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