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Difficulty: ModerateLoop
North Carolina

New Light Trail

Wake Forest, North Carolina

6.6 mi

Distance

1,047 ft

Elev. Gain

2h 30m

Est. Time

Loop

Route Type

Moderate

Difficulty

About This Trail

We don't publish a description for New Light 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

We have no current condition data for this trail. Check with the operator before you go, and submit a report below if you've been recently.

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Elevation Profile

Min:83 ft
Max:125 ft
Gain:319 ft
Loss:319 ft
Elevation profileA line rising and falling between 83 ft and 125 ft across 6.6 mi along the route, drawn from start to end.83 ft97 ft111 ft125 ft0.0 mi1.7 mi3.3 mi5.0 mi6.6 mi

Elevation at the labelled points along this route
PointDistance from startElevation
Start0.0 mi123 ft
High point6.5 mi125 ft
End6.6 mi123 ft

Trail Details

Route Type
Loop

Official sources & verification

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Where it is

Nearest town:
Creedmoor, NC · about 5 mi away
County:
Wake 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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