Mease Gap–Boyd Branch Road, 8 sights
5.5 mi · ▲ 910 ft · 2 hr 17 min
Mease Gap–Boyd Branch Road, 8 sights is a 5.5-mile out-and-back near Bent Creek, NC. The route reaches Mease Gap. It climbs 910 ft, with sections as steep as 32% grade. It scores 72/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi2,146 – 2,841 ft · steepest grade: 32%6.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 35.51330, -82.62161
Nearest town Bent Creek, NC
Directions
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Mease Gap–Boyd Branch Road, 8 sights
5.5 mi · ▲ 910 ft · 2 hr 17 min
Elevation 2,147–2,842 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 35.51330, -82.62161
Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 91°F / low 67° · precip 14% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 7:06 AM · sunset 7:55 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear right onto private crossing, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 0.3 miBear left onto North Boundary Road, heading SW.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Rice Pinnacle Road, heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading E.
- 350 ftTurn right onto Deer Lake Road, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Deer Lake Lodge Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Ledford Branch Parking, heading SW.
- 100 ftBear left onto Ledford Branch Road, heading S.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto Boyd Branch Road, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right onto Ledford Branch Road, heading NW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Boyd Branch Road, heading NW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Ledford Branch Road, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Boyd Branch Road, heading E.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Ledford Branch Road, heading E.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Ingles Field Gap, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Ledford Branch Road, heading N.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Northern Boundary Trail, heading SE.
- 200 ftPass Mease Gap.
- 150 ftBear right onto North Boundary Road, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear left onto Northern Boundary Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading N.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading E.
- 100 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto private crossing, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading SW.
- 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
21% dirt12% gravel67% unspecified
Weather
OvercastTemperature 91°F67°
Precip14%Wind5 mphUV7Humidity70%
Hourly temperature
95°65°
Sunrise 7:06 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 7:55 PM
Sat
94°72°
Sun
91°67°
57%
Mon
76°64°
30%
Tue
83°60°
Wed
87°59°
Thu
89°62°
More from this trailhead
- Goodson Rock–Mease Gap Loop, 6 sights 2.9 mi · ▲ 690 ft
- Rice Pinnacle–Goodson Rock Loop, 3 summits 3.1 mi · ▲ 1,222 ft
- Ingles Field Gap–Ledford Branch Road, 6 sights 5 mi · ▲ 806 ft
- Boyd Branch Road–Deer Lake Lodge Trail, 7 sights 5.2 mi · ▲ 427 ft
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