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Upper Cove Creek - A & Upper Cove Creek - B via Headwater Road

3.3 mi · ▲ 320 ft · 1 hr 16 min

Upper Cove Creek - A & Upper Cove Creek - B via Headwater Road is a 3.3-mile out-and-back near Big East Fork, NC. It climbs 320 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade. It scores 48/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi3,041 – 3,248 ft · steepest grade: 19%3.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Sunwall Trailhead 35.31020, -82.79997
Nearest town Big East Fork, NC
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Upper Cove Creek - A & Upper Cove Creek - B via Headwater Road

3.3 mi · ▲ 320 ft · 1 hr 16 min

Elevation 3,041–3,249 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

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

  1. Start on Headwater Road, heading N.
  2. 0.4 miTurn left onto Cove Creek Road, heading W.
  3. 100 ftBear right onto Headwater Road, heading NW.
  4. 50 ftContinue straight onto Cove Creek Road, heading SW.
  5. 0.5 miTurn left onto Upper Cove Creek - A, heading SW.
  6. 50 ftTurn right onto Cove Creek Connector, heading SW.
  7. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Upper Cove Creek - B, heading W.
  8. 0.5 miReach Upper Cove Creek - A, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Cove Creek Connector, heading SE.
  10. 0.2 miTurn left onto Upper Cove Creek - A, heading E.
  11. 50 ftTurn right onto Cove Creek Road, heading E.
  12. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Headwater Road, heading NE.
  13. 50 ftBear left onto Cove Creek Road, heading NE.
  14. 100 ftTurn right onto Headwater Road, heading NE.
  15. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/upper-cove-creek-a-out-back

Trail surface

58% gravel42% dirt

Weather

OvercastTemperature 88°F68°
Precip16%Wind3 mphUV7Humidity71%
Hourly temperatureRain chance
90°65° 1 AM: 1% rain2 AM: 1% rain5 AM: 1% rain10 AM: 1% rain11 AM: 1% rain12 PM: 1% rain1 PM: 4% rain2 PM: 6% rain3 PM: 11% rain4 PM: 13% rain5 PM: 16% rain6 PM: 16% rain7 PM: 10% rain8 PM: 10% rain9 PM: 7% rain10 PM: 8% rain11 PM: 9% rain
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

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

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