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Shope Creek Road

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 4.0 (2)
  1. Areas
  2. NC
  3. …West and Mountains
  4. Asheville
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“Explore a main gravel road that cuts up into the hills. ”

Russell Hobart
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Miles

1.3

KM

Point to Point

3,102' 945 m

High

2,718' 828 m

Low

384' 117 m

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0' 0 m

Down

9%

Avg Grade (5°)

16%

Max Grade (9°)

Dogs Leashed

Features Birding · Fall Colors · River/Creek · Wildflowers

Family Friendly This is a gravel road that makes for easy hiking.

Description

This blocked-off gravel road leaves the parking lot and quickly heads uphill through a tall pine forest. Slowly, the pines succumb to some big hardwoods. The trail finishes in an old turnaround in a field.

Contacts

Land Manager: USFS - North Carolina National Forests Office

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Russell Hobart
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Trail Ratings

  4.0 from 2 votes

#15

in Asheville

#13140

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#15

in Asheville

#530

in North Carolina

#13,140

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Tall pines at the start of the Shope Creek Road
Dec 7, 2017 near Swannanoa, NC

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