Slick Rock Falls–Upper Rockhouse Creek Falls, 4 sights is a 5.5-mile out-and-back near Big East Fork, NC. The route passes Upper Rockhouse Creek Falls and Slick Rock Falls. It climbs 1,135 ft, with sections as steep as 28% grade, and is mostly gravel. It scores 75/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi2,615 – 3,307 ft · steepest grade: 28%5.6 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Sunwall Trailhead 35.31020, -82.79997
Nearest town Big East Fork, NC
Directions
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Slick Rock Falls–Upper Rockhouse Creek Falls, 4 sights
5.5 mi · ▲ 1,135 ft · 2 hr 24 min
Elevation 2,615–3,308 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Sunwall Trailhead · 35.31020, -82.79997
Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 88°F / low 68° · precip 16% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 7:07 AM · sunset 7:54 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Headwater Road, heading SW.
- 1 miPass Upper Rockhouse Creek Falls.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Rockhouse Creek Road, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left onto 475B, heading S.
- 0.8 miPass Slick Rock Falls.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Slick Rock Falls Trail, heading E.
- 0.9 miReach Slick Rock Falls, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.9 miContinue straight onto 475B, heading W.
- 0.8 miBear right onto Rockhouse Creek Road, heading N.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Headwater Road, heading NW.
- 1 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
65% gravel35% dirt
Weather
OvercastTemperature 88°F68°
Precip16%Wind3 mphUV7Humidity71%
Hourly temperatureRain chance
90°65°
Sunrise 7:07 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 7:54 PM
Sun
82°65°
67%
Mon
70°63°
60%
Tue
75°57°
17%
Wed
84°59°
Thu
84°63°
23%
Fri
81°63°
42%
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Sunwall Trailhead Trailhead
- Headwater Road 1.9 mi · ▲ 141 ft
- Headwater Road 2 mi · ▲ 314 ft
- Headwater Road 2.3 mi · ▲ 343 ft
- Bennett Knob Road via Headwater Road 2.8 mi · ▲ 140 ft
- Cove Creek Trail & Upper Cove Creek - A 3.2 mi · ▲ 349 ft
- Upper Cove Creek - A & Upper Cove Creek - B via Headwater Road 3.3 mi · ▲ 320 ft
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