Steels Creek Trail
4.2 mi · ▲ 842 ft · 1 hr 49 min
Steels Creek Trail is a 4.2-mile out-and-back near Cold Springs, NC. It climbs 842 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade. It scores 10/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi2,457 – 3,242 ft · steepest grade: 21%4.4 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Upper Creek Falls Trail 35.96014, -81.86104
Nearest town Cold Springs, NC
Directions
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Steels Creek Trail
4.2 mi · ▲ 842 ft · 1 hr 49 min
Elevation 2,457–3,241 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Upper Creek Falls Trail · 35.96014, -81.86104
Weather Sep 6: sunrise 7:04 AM · sunset 7:50 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 0.8 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.9 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Steels Creek Trail, heading SW.
- 300 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 300 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.9 miBear right, heading N.
- 0.8 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
19% dirt18% gravel63% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 7:04 AMSunset 7:50 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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