Skitty Creek Trail
North Carolina
Free — you'll pick up right here.
0.3 mi
Distance
170 ft
Gain
11 min
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.
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What's missing
No access route mapped
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Skitty Creek Trail
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Elevation & route
- Distance
- 0.3 mi
- Elevation gain
- 170 ft
- Elevation loss
- 170 ft
- Highest point
- 3,504 ft
- Lowest point
- 3,334 ft
Photos
Directions & GPX
Permits & access
- Managing agency
- Forest Service
About this trail
Skitty Creek Trail is a 0.6-mile out-and-back hike in North Carolina with 170 feet of elevation gain and 170 feet of elevation loss. The trail reaches a maximum elevation of 3,504 feet.
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