Skip to content

Map Activities Discover Guides Trips Saves

A map of everywhere you can sleep outside in the U.S., with the weather and cell signal to match. Built to stay free.

Explore

Map
Hiking
State guides
Discover

Plan

Trip planner
My trips
Saves
Offline downloads

About

Privacy
Data deletion

© 2026 Roaming.Camp · Data from NPS, Recreation.gov, BLM, USFS, NWS, and the FCC.Operating on ceded ancestral land.Photography via Unsplash.

Leave it better than you found it.

Hike

Big Bradley Falls Base Trail

Ends at Big Bradley Falls

3.9 mi out & back · 566 ft gain · 1,341 ft high point · Moderate

NC · OpenStreetMap contributors

About Elevation Highlights Map More hikes

About this hike

Big Bradley Falls Base Trail reaches a viewpoint and Big Bradley Falls in 3.9 miles out and back.

Elevation

566 ft of gain round trip.

More hikes nearby

Ranked the same way, within twenty-five miles.

24 mi from you
Folk Art Center
- Passes Bull Mountain
- Inside Blue Ridge Parkway
- 2,512 ft of climbing
11.6 mi out & back · 2,512 ft gain · Very hard
Blue Ridge Parkway · Camp 14 mi away

Out: 340 ft up, returns the same way. Source: USGS 3DEP.

Highlights

What the trail reaches, measured from the start.

ViewpointDestination · 1.9 mi in
Big Bradley FallsDestination · 2.0 mi in
Palmetto LakeNearby · 1.8 mi in

Map

The route at the trailhead. Drag with two fingers, or hold a key to zoom.

Trail data: USFS, NPS, © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Elevation: USGS 3DEP via Mapzen terrain tiles. Nearby reading: Wikipedia. Download the trail and feature data.

At a glance

Length: 3.9 mi
Shape: Out & back
Gain: 566 ft round trip
High point: 1,341 ft
Low point: 1,022 ft
Difficulty: ModerateFrom 3.9 mi and 566 ft of climbing
Managed by: OpenStreetMap contributors
State: NC
Camps within 15 mi: 0
Trailhead: 35.2743° N · 82.3038° W

Get directions Open the map

24 mi from you

Shut-in Trail

Passes Ferrin Knob
Inside Blue Ridge Parkway
4,249 ft of climbing

13.4 mi one way · 4,249 ft gain · Very hard

Blue Ridge Parkway · Camp 2 mi away

Naturaland Trust Trail #14

Ends at Firewater Falls
1,987 ft of climbing

5.1 mi out & back · 1,987 ft gain · Hard

SC · Camp 12 mi away

GB - Orchard Trail

Summits Little Glassy Mountain

0.3 mi out & back · 23 ft gain · Easy

Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site · Camp 15 mi away

Hickory Ridge Trail

Summits Lookout Mountain
1,581 ft of climbing

3.6 mi out & back · 1,581 ft gain · Hard

NC · Camp 7 mi away

GM - Glassy Mountain Trail - HS - 46C

Summits Glassy Mountain

2.5 mi out & back · 533 ft gain · Moderate

Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site · Camp 15 mi away

More like this

Hikes that read like this one, wherever they are.

Big Bradley Falls Overlook Trail
- Ends at Big Bradley Falls
1.8 mi out & back · 319 ft gain · Easy
NC
Little Bradley Falls Trail
- Ends at Little Bradley Falls
1.9 mi out & back · 244 ft gain · Easy
NC
Nature Trail Big Loop
- Ends at Bell Park Falls
1.6 mi loop · 283 ft gain · Easy
NC
Overlook Trail
- Ends at Bell Park Falls
0.6 mi out & back · 124 ft gain · Easy
NC

Signal

Cell coverage here

No carrier reports signal at this spot.

FCC coverage data · signal varies in remote terrain

Weather

7-day forecast

Thu74°48°Mostly Sunny
Fri78°54°Sunny
Sat66°49°Mostly Cloudy
Sun62°50°Mostly Cloudy
Mon67°51°Chance Rain Showers
Tue69°54°Slight Chance Rain Showers
Wed68°Chance Rain Showers

Thu: Mostly Sunny · wind 2 mph N

National Weather Service · refreshed hourly