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Seniard Mountain Road–Spencer Gap Loop, 4 sights is a 7-mile loop near Boylston, NC. It climbs 1,047 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 35/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi2,418 – 3,491 ft · steepest grade: 18%7.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Fletcher Creek Road 35.42188, -82.65796
Nearest town Boylston, NC

Directions

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Seniard Mountain Road–Spencer Gap Loop, 4 sights

7 mi · ▲ 1,047 ft · 2 hr 51 min

Elevation 2,417–3,490 ft

Loop

Trailhead: Fletcher Creek Road · 35.42188, -82.65796

Weather Sep 5: Mostly clear, high 91°F / low 71° · precip 16% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 7:07 AM · sunset 7:54 PM

  1. Start on Trace Ridge, heading S.
  2. 0.1 miBear left onto Fletcher Creek Road, heading E.
  3. 50 ftTurn left onto Hendersonville Reservoir, heading N.
  4. 0.5 miTurn left onto Wash Creek Road, heading NW.
  5. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Seniard Mountain Road, heading N.
  6. 150 ftContinue straight onto Wash Creek Road, heading NW.
  7. 1.7 miContinue straight onto Spencer Gap, heading NE.
  8. 0.5 miBear left, heading N.
  9. 1.3 miContinue straight onto Trace Ridge, heading S.
  10. 2.5 miTurn right onto microchip ii, heading NE.
  11. 50 ftContinue straight onto Trace Ridge, heading NE.
  12. 0.1 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

92% dirt8% unspecified

Weather

Mostly clearTemperature 91°F71°
Precip16%Wind5 mphUV7Humidity76%
Hourly temperatureRain chance
95°70° 1 AM: 4% rain5 AM: 1% rain10 AM: 1% rain11 AM: 1% rain12 PM: 2% rain1 PM: 4% rain2 PM: 7% rain3 PM: 9% rain4 PM: 11% rain5 PM: 14% rain6 PM: 16% rain7 PM: 8% rain8 PM: 8% rain9 PM: 5% rain10 PM: 7% rain11 PM: 11% rain
Sunrise 7:07 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 7:54 PM
Sun 89°70° 68%
Mon 75°63° 57%
Tue 80°58°
Wed 86°58°
Thu 88°61° 21%
Fri 84°64° 41%

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