Owl Ridge Trail–Rocky Cove Road, 3 sights
7.4 mi · ▲ 1,235 ft · 3 hr 5 min
Owl Ridge Trail–Rocky Cove Road, 3 sights is a 7.4-mile out-and-back near Bent Creek, NC. It climbs 1,235 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade. It scores 29/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi2,011 – 2,553 ft · steepest grade: 20%7.8 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, 3 sights
7.4 mi · ▲ 1,235 ft · 3 hr 5 min
Elevation 2,012–2,553 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 35.49614, -82.61003
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 7:07 AM · sunset 7:54 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Running Cedar Road, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Bent Creek Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Rocky Cove Road, heading NW.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Owl Ridge Trail, heading SE.
- 0.9 miSharp right onto Hard Times Road, heading W.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Shut-In Trail, heading E.
- 1.4 miReach Rocky Cove Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.4 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Hard Times Road, heading SW.
- 0.3 miSharp left onto Owl Ridge Trail, heading N.
- 0.9 miBear right onto Rocky Cove Road, heading N.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Bent Creek Trail, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Running Cedar Road, heading N.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading SE.
- 0.2 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
48% gravel42% dirt10% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 7:07 AMSunset 7:54 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
- Natural Garden Trail–Owl Ridge Trail Loop, 5 sights 5 mi · ▲ 628 ft
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- Lake Powhatan Beach–Bent Creek Trail, 6 sights 7.1 mi · ▲ 562 ft
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