Rice Pinnacle–Goodson Rock, 9 sights is a 15.5-mile out-and-back near Bent Creek, NC. The route passes Lake Powhatan Beach, Mease Gap, Moors Gap and Goodson Rock before reaching Rice Pinnacle at the turnaround, 7.8 miles in. It climbs 2,239 ft, with sections as steep as 32% grade. It scores 49/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi2,011 – 2,950 ft · steepest grade: 32%16.1 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Shut-In Trail 35.50105, -82.59406
Nearest town Bent Creek, NC
Directions
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Rice Pinnacle–Goodson Rock, 9 sights
15.5 mi · ▲ 2,239 ft · 6 hr 17 min
Elevation 2,012–2,950 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Shut-In Trail · 35.50105, -82.59406
Weather Sep 6: Overcast, high 90°F / low 65° · precip 36% · wind 2 mph · sunrise 7:07 AM · sunset 7:52 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Shut-In Trail, heading W.
- 1.4 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Hard Times Road, heading S.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Shut-In Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Hard Times Road, heading SW.
- 2 miPass Lake Powhatan Beach.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Hardtimes Road, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 350 ftTurn right onto Hardtimes Connector, heading W.
- 0.8 miContinue straight onto Deer Lake Lodge Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Deer Lake Road, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 350 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Ledford Trail, heading N.
- 0.5 miSharp left onto Ledford Branch Road, heading NE.
- 0.3 miSharp right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Northern Boundary Trail, heading NW.
- 250 ftPass Mease Gap.
- 100 ftBear right onto North Boundary Road, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left onto Northern Boundary Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miPass Moors Gap.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.4 miPass Goodson Rock.
- 0.2 miReach Rice Pinnacle, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.8 miBear right onto North Boundary Road, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left onto Northern Boundary Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miSharp left onto Ledford Branch Road, heading S.
- 0.3 miSharp right onto Ledford Trail, heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading SE.
- 350 ftTurn right onto Deer Lake Road, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Deer Lake Lodge Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Hardtimes Connector, heading SE.
- 0.8 miTurn left onto Hardtimes Road, heading SW.
- 350 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Hard Times Road, heading SW.
- 2 miContinue straight onto Shut-In Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Hard Times Road, heading NE.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Shut-In Trail, heading NW.
- 1.4 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
57% dirt30% gravel13% unspecified
Weather
OvercastTemperature 90°F65°
Precip36%Wind2 mphUV7Humidity86%
Hourly temperatureRain chance
90°65°
Sunrise 7:07 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 7:52 PM
Mon
74°61°
37%
Tue
82°59°
Wed
86°58°
Thu
89°60°
32%
Fri
80°63°
47%
Sat
83°63°
44%
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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