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Kentucky trails · BTRL-First Creek Backcountry Surface Trail

BTRL-First Creek Backcountry Surface Trail

A 6.7-mile out-and-back in Kentucky, with 435 ft of climbing. Reaches First Creek Lake.

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Length
6.7 mi
Elevation gain
435 ft
Difficulty
Hard
Max grade
19%
Steepest mile
+365 ft
Tread at ≥10% grade
0.8 mi
Shape
out-and-back
Bikes
yes

Elevation profile

428 – 868 ft123456

Most of the climbing sits in the final third — 72% of the ascent, between mile 4.5 and mile 6.7. It gives back about 590 ft along the way, so it rolls rather than climbing steadily.

3-D terrain

3-D terrain view of BTRL-First Creek Backcountry Surface Trail

USGS 3DEP ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5

Reaches

Getting there

McCoy Hollow Trail access. About 1 h 06 min drive (34 mi) from Leitchfield. 37.21885, -86.22245 · directions

Daylight at the trailhead

On October 14, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 6:25 a.m., the sun rises at 6:51 a.m. and sets at 6:09 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 6:35 p.m. (CDT) — 11 h 18 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 13.4-mile round trip takes roughly 5 h 24 min, so leaving the trailhead at sunrise puts you back around 12:15 p.m. — 5 h 54 min before sunset.

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