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Explore a main gravel road that cuts up into the hills.


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0.8

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°)

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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.

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Shared By:

Russell Hobart

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  4.0 from 2 votes

#14

in Asheville

#12908

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#14

in Asheville

#516

in North Carolina

#12,908

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

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