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Basin Creek Trail route map
Difficulty: DifficultOut and Back
North Carolina

Basin Creek Trail

Hays, North Carolina

10.1 mi

Distance

2,671 ft

Elev. Gain

4h 10m

Est. Time

Out & Back

Route Type

Difficult

Difficulty

About This Trail

We don't publish a description for Basin Creek Trail unless we can point you at the agency it came from. We don't have one yet. The planning figures above — distance, elevation gain, estimated time, route type — come from the source listed on this trail.

The managing agency is the authority for conditions, closures and route notes. See official sources below. Spot something we should add?

Trail Conditions

Trail Conditions

Unknown

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Elevation Profile

Min:439 ft
Max:854 ft
Gain:814 ft
Loss:814 ft
Elevation profileA line rising and falling between 439 ft and 854 ft across 10.1 mi along the route, drawn from start to end.439 ft577 ft716 ft854 ft0.0 mi2.5 mi5.0 mi7.6 mi10.1 mi

Elevation at the labelled points along this route
PointDistance from startElevation
Start0.0 mi441 ft
High point5.3 mi854 ft
End10.1 mi441 ft

Trail Details

Route Type
Out & Back

Official sources & verification

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Where it is

Nearest town:
Hays, NC · about 8 mi away
County:
Wilkes County, NC

Nearest town and county from U.S. Census Bureau place records and county boundaries.

We display cached information from agency feeds. Hours, fees, permits, closures, fire restrictions, and conditions change without notice. Outdoors is not the permitting authority. Confirm current conditions for this trail using the links above before you go — you are responsible for compliance. Last verified by us: May 23, 2026. Our copy is more than a month old — please reconfirm with the agency before relying on it.Spot an error in our data?

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Path geometry came from our pre-launch legacy database. Routes have not yet been re-verified against the operator and may differ from the actual trail.

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