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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
  3. 0.1 miSharp right onto Natural Garden Trail, heading SW.
  4. 0.4 miTurn left, heading N.
  5. 50 ftTurn left onto Running Cedar Road, heading NW.
  6. 0.1 miTurn right onto Bent Creek Trail, heading S.
  7. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Rocky Cove Road, heading NW.
  8. 0.4 miContinue straight onto ferngully, heading SE.
  9. 50 ftTurn left onto Rocky Cove Road, heading SE.
  10. 0.8 miBear left onto Hard Times Road, heading SE.
  11. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Shut-In Trail, heading NE.
  12. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Hard Times Road, heading NE.
  13. 0.3 miBear right, heading N.
  14. 0.3 miTurn right onto Owl Ridge Trail, heading NE.
  15. 50 ftTurn left onto Hard Times Road, heading NE.
  16. 0.7 miSharp left onto Old Mill Trail, heading N.
  17. 0.3 miSharp right onto Bent Creek Trail, heading NW.
  18. 150 ftTurn left onto Wesley Branch Trail, heading NW.
  19. 0.5 miTurn left, heading NE.
  20. 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

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