Natural Garden Trail–Owl Ridge Trail Loop, 5 sights
5 mi · ▲ 628 ft · 1 hr 59 min
Natural Garden Trail–Owl Ridge Trail Loop, 5 sights is a 5-mile loop near Bent Creek, NC. It climbs 628 ft and is mostly gravel. It scores 27/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi2,015 – 2,526 ft5.5 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 35.49747, -82.60864
Nearest town Bent Creek, NC
Directions
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Natural Garden Trail–Owl Ridge Trail Loop, 5 sights
5 mi · ▲ 628 ft · 1 hr 59 min
Elevation 2,016–2,527 ft
Loop
Trailhead: 35.49747, -82.60864
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 7:06 AM · sunset 7:55 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.1 miSharp right onto Natural Garden Trail, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Running Cedar Road, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Bent Creek Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Rocky Cove Road, heading NW.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto ferngully, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Rocky Cove Road, heading SE.
- 0.8 miBear left onto Hard Times Road, heading SE.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Shut-In Trail, heading NE.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Hard Times Road, heading NE.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Owl Ridge Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Hard Times Road, heading NE.
- 0.7 miSharp left onto Old Mill Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miSharp right onto Bent Creek Trail, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Wesley Branch Trail, heading NW.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 200 ftThe loop closes back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
67% gravel31% dirt2% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 7:06 AMSunset 7:55 PM
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Bent Creek Trail–Natural Garden Trail, 3 sights 2 mi · ▲ 143 ft
- Rocky Cove Road & ferngully via Bent Creek Trail 2.9 mi · ▲ 432 ft
- Owl Ridge Trail & Rocky Cove Road Loop via Hard Times Road 3.8 mi · ▲ 423 ft
- Lake Powhatan–Lake Powhatan Beach, 5 sights 4.4 mi · ▲ 200 ft
- Natural Garden Trail–Owl Ridge Trail Loop, 5 sights 4.7 mi · ▲ 588 ft
- Grassy Knob–Lake Powhatan, 7 sights 6.4 mi · ▲ 1,394 ft
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