Spencer Branch Upper & Spencer Gap via Fletcher Creek Road is a 7.7-mile out-and-back near Stony Fork, NC. It climbs 1,155 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 19/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi2,759 – 3,337 ft7.8 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Fletcher Creek Road 35.44242, -82.69263
Nearest town Stony Fork, NC
Directions
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Spencer Branch Upper & Spencer Gap via Fletcher Creek Road
7.7 mi · ▲ 1,155 ft · 3 hr 9 min
Elevation 2,759–3,337 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Fletcher Creek Road · 35.44242, -82.69263
Weather Sep 5: Mostly clear, high 89°F / low 70° · precip 16% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 7:06 AM · sunset 7:55 PM
- Start on Fletcher Creek Road, heading NE.
- 1 miContinue straight onto Spencer Branch Upper, heading N.
- 1.1 miSharp left onto Spencer Gap, heading N.
- 1.7 miReach Spencer Branch Upper, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.7 miSharp right onto Spencer Branch Upper, heading SE.
- 1.1 miContinue straight onto Fletcher Creek Road, heading SW.
- 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
74% dirt26% gravel
Weather
Mostly clearTemperature 89°F70°
Precip16%Wind4 mphUV7Humidity60%
Hourly temperatureRain chance
90°70°
Sunrise 7:06 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 7:55 PM
Sat
91°72°
Sun
83°66°
68%
Mon
73°64°
58%
Tue
80°59°
Wed
84°60°
Thu
87°63°
22%
More from Fletcher Creek Road Trailhead
- Fletcher Creek Road 2 mi · ▲ 109 ft
- Fletcher Creek Trail & Spencer Gap Loop via Fletcher Creek Road 3.2 mi · ▲ 251 ft
- Spencer Branch Upper via Fletcher Creek Road 4.2 mi · ▲ 662 ft
- Hendersonville Reservoir & Fletcher Creek Trail via Spencer Gap 4.2 mi · ▲ 412 ft
- Hendersonville Reservoir & Fletcher Creek Trail 4.5 mi · ▲ 642 ft
- Fletcher Creek Road–Fletcher Creek Trail Loop, 3 sights 4.7 mi · ▲ 328 ft
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