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Buncombe County North Carolina Hiking Trails
Walker
Creek Trail
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 Pets
must be restrained or on a leash at all times while in developed
recreation areas.
Pisgah National Forest
Length: 1.0 miles
Rating: Strenuous
Walker
Creek Trail is designed as one of many possible loop
trails in this area. It is blazed orange. Pass the well marked turn off
for Staire Creek Trail on the right soon after you start hiking. Continue
to the left. Be sure to look for the huge granite boulders scattered
throughout the woods. The trail ascends quite steeply in sections, with
some switchbacks. It follows a ridge above Walker Branch. The trail goes
through woods typical in this area and provides several nice views of
surrounding mountains.
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Directions:
From Burnsville, North Carolina go east on US 19E for .5 mile and turn right at the
gas station onto NC 197. Stay on this road through Pensacola and Cane
River Gap to Barnardsville (stay on NC 197 for about 25 miles). The road
is paved, changes to gravel, and is paved again. Turn left at the
intersection of NC 197 and NC 2173 (Dillingham Rd) and follow this road,
which become gravel. It will become Forest Service Road 74. Follow this
gravel road for .4 mile to a road on the right. This road has a bulletin
board visible from FR 74. Follow this road for .6 mile to a pull off on
the right. The trail is about 50 feet up the road on the left. Please do
not drive beyond the pull-off because this is private property.
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