AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Rocky Branch

3 mi · ▲ 280 ft · 1 hr 8 min

Rocky Branch is a 3-mile out-and-back near Sandy Bottom, NC. It climbs 280 ft and is mostly gravel. It scores 80/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi2,120 – 2,247 ft3.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 35.84668, -82.78833
Nearest town Sandy Bottom, NC
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Rocky Branch

3 mi · ▲ 280 ft · 1 hr 8 min

Elevation 2,119–2,246 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 35.84668, -82.78833

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 7:07 AM · sunset 7:55 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 0.5 miSharp left onto Rocky Branch, heading E.
  3. 1 miReach Rocky Branch, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  4. 1 miSharp right, heading E.
  5. 0.5 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/rocky-branch-out-back-5-km

Trail surface

65% gravel35% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:07 AMSunset 7:55 PM

Hikes near Sandy Bottom, North Carolina