4.0 miles
Distance
523 ft
Climb
-371 ft
Descent
00:24:48
Avg time
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Hard Times Road Details

  • Activities
    • Mountain Bike
    • Hike
    • Trail Running
  • Riding Area
    Bent Creek Experimental Forest
    Bent Creek, North Carolina
  • Difficulty Rating
    Access Trail or Doubletrack rate
  • Trail Type
    Dirt/Gravel Road
  • Bike Type
    DH, AM, XC, Gravel
  • Direction
    Both Directions
  • Dogs Allowed
    Yes
  • Local Popularity
    30 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • 35 in Trail Running
    • 25 in Hiking

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Hard Times Road is a 4 mile less popular dirt/gravel road trail located near Bent Creek North Carolina. This multi-use trail can be used both directions. On average it takes 24 minutes to complete this trail.

Local Trail Association
Traditionally Indigenous Territory
More Stats for Hard Times Road multi-use trail trail
  • Altitude change
    152 ft
  • Altitude min
    2,015 ft
  • Altitude max
    2,493 ft
  • Altitude start
    2,015 ft
  • Altitude end
    2,169 ft
  • Grade
    0.7%
  • Grade max
    -9%
  • Grade min
    18.3%
  • Distance climb
    2 miles
  • Distance down
    2 miles
  • Distance flat
    607 ft
  • Avg time
    00:24:48
  • Avg reverse time
    00:36:49
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on Jan 13, 2024
Ideal
Avg: 3.99 (2 votes)
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      Hard Times Road Trail Reports

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      Jan 13, 2024 @ 5:14am
      Jan 13, 2024
      Jan 6, 2024 @ 5:16am
      Jan 6, 2024
      Dec 16, 2023 @ 2:49am
      Dec 16, 2023
      Jul 21, 2023 @ 12:45am
      Jul 21, 2023
      		 One large tree down west of the summit.
      Mar 31, 2022 @ 3:46pm
      Mar 31, 2022
      		 Small tree down across trail, can ride over or around. Tree too big to move by hand.
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      Recent Ridelog Activity on Trail

      Past Week
      • 1 rides
      • 7 miles avg distance
      6 Months
      • 9 rides
      • 12 miles avg distance
      All
      • 114 rides
      • Last: Apr 26, 2025

      Technical Trail Features (TTF)

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      Apr 15, 2024 @ 1:54pm
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      Bent Creek Regular Gravel Route13 miles

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