Headwater Road

North Carolina

North Carolina

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1.8 mi

Distance

253 ft

Gain

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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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Trail character

Surface
Gravel Road

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Headwater Road

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Elevation & route

Distance
1.8 mi
Elevation gain
1,031 ft
Elevation loss
1,031 ft
Highest point
3,346 ft
Lowest point
3,083 ft

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About this trail

Headwater Road is a 1.83-mile out-and-back gravel road in Tennessee with 808 feet of elevation gain. Rated as an easy / green circle route by IMBA, it is managed by the Forest Service.

Permits & access

Managing agency
Forest Service

Facts about this trail

The climb

High point
3,346 ft
Length (round trip)
3.7 mi
Shape
Out and back

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

Where it is

Managed by
Forest Service

Source: USFS EDW boundaries; USGS PAD-US 4.1

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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