Steels Creek Trail
3.7 mi · ▲ 641 ft · 1 hr 33 min
Steels Creek Trail is a 3.7-mile out-and-back near Cold Springs, NC. It climbs 641 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 40/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi1,978 – 2,618 ft · steepest grade: 16%3.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 35.94715, -81.85554
Nearest town Cold Springs, NC
Directions
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Steels Creek Trail
3.7 mi · ▲ 641 ft · 1 hr 33 min
Elevation 1,979–2,620 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 35.94715, -81.85554
Weather Sep 4: sunrise 7:02 AM · sunset 7:53 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Steels Creek Trail, heading E.
- 1.4 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 1.4 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.4 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
100% dirt
Weather
Sunrise 7:02 AMSunset 7:53 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Windling Stair Knob 3.9 mi · ▲ 760 ft
- Steels Creek Trail 4.8 mi · ▲ 792 ft
- Hawksbill Mountain–Hawksbill Viewpoint, 4 sights 10 mi · ▲ 2,837 ft
- Devil's Cliff & Raspberry Ridge via Jonas Ridge Trail 10.1 mi · ▲ 2,484 ft
- Gingercake Mountain–Lettered Rock, 4 sights 11.1 mi · ▲ 2,543 ft
- Hawksbill Ledge–Hawksbill Trail Loop, 6 sights 11.4 mi · ▲ 2,824 ft
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