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Wash Creek Road route map
Difficulty: DifficultOut and Back
North Carolina

Wash Creek Road

Arden, North Carolina

11.4 mi

Distance

2,382 ft

Elev. Gain

Out & Back

Route Type

Difficult

Difficulty

About This Trail

We don't publish a description for Wash Creek Road 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:685 ft
Max:1,006 ft
Gain:726 ft
Loss:726 ft
Elevation profileA line rising and falling between 685 ft and 1,006 ft across 11.4 mi along the route, drawn from start to end.685 ft792 ft899 ft1,006 ft0.0 mi2.8 mi5.7 mi8.5 mi11.4 mi

Elevation at the labelled points along this route
PointDistance from startElevation
Start0.0 mi1,001 ft
High point0.1 mi1,006 ft
End11.4 mi1,001 ft

Trail Details

Route Type
Out & Back

Official sources & verification

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Where it is

Nearest town:
Mills River, NC · about 4 mi away
County:
Henderson 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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