Brushy Creek Trail

North Carolina

North Carolina

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1.7 mi

Distance

1,700 ft

Gain

1h 2m

Time

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What we do know

  • Inside National Forests in North Carolina

    2 managing-area boundaries mapped — agency alerts for them feed this page automatically.

    Boundary data

What's missing

  • No access route mapped

    We don't yet know which road reaches this trailhead, so we can't tell you if it's gated.

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Quick trip — under 2 mi
Out & back

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Brushy Creek Trail

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Elevation & route

Distance
1.7 mi
Elevation gain
1,700 ft
Elevation loss
1,700 ft
Highest point
2,926 ft
Lowest point
2,566 ft
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Permits & access

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About this trail

Brushy Creek Trail is a 3.34-mile out-and-back hike in North Carolina with 1,700 feet of elevation gain and loss. The trail reaches a maximum elevation of 2,926 feet.

Facts about this trail

The climb

Starts at
2,686 ft
High point
2,926 ft
Total climbing
1,700 ft
Total descent
1,700 ft
Steepest stretch
19% grade around mile 1 on the way out
Length (round trip)
3.3 mi
Shape
Out and back

The climb is steady from start to finish.

Source: Roamze elevation profile and trail geometry (DEM samples along the mapped route)

Where it is

Source: USFS EDW boundaries; NIFC Jurisdictional Units

Conditions

Active alerts for Pisgah Ranger District as of Oct 9, 2026:

Source: USFS forest alerts

Nearby

Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)

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