Rutherford Trace Route 3

Pigeon River to Scott Creek Campsite

Follow the Army

If you are taking the Cherokee Tour and want to follow the army’s path more closely, follow these directions instead of your mapping app.

Please see our Hurricane Helene page about likely impacts to these directions from the 2024 floods.

Directions

Photo of a wide stream rushing through leaf-less bushes and trees
Richland Creek (AmRevNC photograph)

From the Pigeon River stop:

  1. Continue 0.6 miles down NC 110 to US 276, and turn right.