Owl Ridge Trail & Rocky Cove Road Loop via Hard Times Road
3.8 mi · ▲ 423 ft · 1 hr 29 min
Owl Ridge Trail & Rocky Cove Road Loop via Hard Times Road is a 3.8-mile loop near Bent Creek, NC. It climbs 423 ft and is mostly gravel. It scores 37/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi2,015 – 2,303 ft3.9 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 35.49614, -82.61003
Nearest town Bent Creek, NC
Directions
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Owl Ridge Trail & Rocky Cove Road Loop via Hard Times Road
3.8 mi · ▲ 423 ft · 1 hr 29 min
Elevation 2,016–2,302 ft
Loop
Trailhead: 35.49614, -82.61003
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 N.
- 0.6 miSharp left onto Bent Creek Trail, heading N.
- 400 ftSharp right onto Rocky Cove Road, heading S.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Owl Ridge Trail, heading E.
- 0.9 miTurn left onto Hard Times Road, heading NE.
- 0.7 miSharp left onto Old Mill Trail, heading E.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Bent Creek Trail, heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Running Cedar Road, heading SW.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading N.
- 0.2 miThe 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
69% gravel26% dirt5% 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
- Natural Garden Trail–Owl Ridge Trail Loop, 5 sights 5 mi · ▲ 628 ft
- Grassy Knob–Lake Powhatan, 7 sights 6.4 mi · ▲ 1,394 ft
- Lake Powhatan Beach–Bent Creek Trail, 6 sights 7.1 mi · ▲ 562 ft
- Owl Ridge Trail–Rocky Cove Road, 3 sights 7.4 mi · ▲ 1,235 ft
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