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Buncombe County North Carolina Horse Trails
Staire Creek Trail
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Length: 1.2 miles
Rating: Strenuous
This trail is designed as a section for many possible
loop trails in this area.
Staire Creek Trail is blazed in orange. Be sure to
look for the huge granite boulders that are scattered throughout the
enfolding woods. The trail ascends quite steeply in sections with some
switchbacks. It follows a ridge above Staire Brance. The trail goes
through woods typical in this area and provides several nice views of the
surrounding mountains.
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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.
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