AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Slate Rock Creek Trail & Wolf Ford Road

6.5 mi · ▲ 425 ft · 2 hr 23 min

Slate Rock Creek Trail & Wolf Ford Road is a 6.5-mile out-and-back near Wolf Ford, NC. It climbs 425 ft and is mostly gravel. It scores 78/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi3,114 – 3,363 ft6.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Wolf Ford Road 35.36683, -82.73911
Nearest town Wolf Ford, NC
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Slate Rock Creek Trail & Wolf Ford Road

6.5 mi · ▲ 425 ft · 2 hr 23 min

Elevation 3,113–3,362 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Wolf Ford Road · 35.36683, -82.73911

Weather Sep 4: Partly cloudy, high 85°F / low 67° · precip 20% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 7:06 AM · sunset 7:56 PM

Bikes allowed on the whole route · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Wolf Ford Road, heading NW.
  2. 1.3 miSharp right onto Yellow Gap Road, heading E.
  3. 1.8 miBear left onto Slate Rock Creek Trail, heading N.
  4. 0.1 miReach Wolf Ford Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 0.1 miBear right onto Yellow Gap Road, heading S.
  6. 1.8 miSharp left onto Wolf Ford Road, heading W.
  7. 1.3 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/slate-rock-creek-trail-wolf-ford-road-out-back

Trail surface

97% gravel3% dirt

Weather

Partly cloudyTemperature 85°F67°
Precip20%Wind4 mphUV7Humidity84%
Rained 0.3″ 7 days ago
Hourly temperatureRain chance
85°65° 2 PM: 4% rain3 PM: 10% rain4 PM: 15% rain5 PM: 20% rain6 PM: 10% rain7 PM: 7% rain8 PM: 4% rain9 PM: 2% rain
Sunrise 7:06 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 7:56 PM
Sat 88°70°
Sun 85°65° 61%
Mon 70°62° 41%
Tue 76°58°
Wed 83°59°
Thu 87°63°

Good to know

  • Bikes allowed on the whole route
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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