Walker Creek Trail

Pets must be restrained or on a leash at all times while in developed recreation areas.

Pisgah National Forest

Length: 1.0  miles
Rating: Strenuous

Walker Creek Trail is designed as one of many possible loop trails in this area. It is blazed orange. Pass the well marked turn off for Staire Creek Trail on the right soon after you start hiking. Continue to the left. Be sure to look for the huge granite boulders scattered throughout the woods. The trail ascends quite steeply in sections, with some switchbacks. It follows a ridge above Walker Branch. The trail goes through woods typical in this area and provides several nice views of surrounding mountains.

Directions:

From Burnsville, North Carolina go east on US 19E for .5 mile and turn right at the gas station onto NC 197. Stay on this road through Pensacola and Cane River Gap to Barnardsville (stay on NC 197 for about 25 miles). The road is paved, changes to gravel, and is paved again. Turn left at the intersection of NC 197 and NC 2173 (Dillingham Rd) and follow this road, which become gravel. It will become Forest Service Road 74. Follow this gravel road for .4 mile to a road on the right. This road has a bulletin board visible from FR 74. Follow this road for .6 mile to a pull off on the right. The trail is about 50 feet up the road on the left. Please do not drive beyond the pull-off because this is private property.