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Steels Creek route map
Difficulty: DifficultOut and Back
North Carolina

Steels Creek

Morganton, North Carolina

11.8 mi

Distance

3,238 ft

Elev. Gain

5h 7m

Est. Time

Out & Back

Route Type

Difficult

Difficulty

About This Trail

We don't publish a description for Steels Creek 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:468 ft
Max:814 ft
Gain:987 ft
Loss:987 ft
Elevation profileA line rising and falling between 468 ft and 814 ft across 11.8 mi along the route, drawn from start to end.468 ft583 ft699 ft814 ft0.0 mi2.9 mi5.9 mi8.8 mi11.8 mi

Elevation at the labelled points along this route
PointDistance from startElevation
Start0.0 mi767 ft
High point5.9 mi814 ft
End11.8 mi767 ft

Trail Details

Route Type
Out & Back

Official sources & verification

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Where it is

Nearest town:
Crossnore, NC · about 9 mi away
County:
Burke 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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