Hike in Birkhead Mountains Wilderness - Uwharrie National Forest

On Memorial Day I checked out a couple trails at Birkhead Mountains Wilderness located at the north east corner of Uwharrie National Forest.

Directions
From Troy, NC take Hwy. 109 North to the village of Uwharrie and turn right onto Ophir Road (SR 1134). Ophir Road becomes Burney Mill Road as you cross into Randolph County. Continue on to the intersection of Lassiter Mill Road and turn right. Proceed north on Lassiter Mill to either of the trailhead locations as depicted on the map.

From Asheboro, NC take Hwy. 49 South approximately 6 miles. Turn right onto Science Hill Road. About a fourth of a mile further, at the "T" intersection, turn left (south) onto Lassiter Mill Road. Continue on to the two trailhead locations as depicted on the map.

http://www.cs.unca.edu/nfsnc/recreation/uwharrie/birkhead_mountain_wilderness.htm
The above link is the Birkhead page on the National Forests in North Carolina website.

About the Hike
A nice hike. The first trailhead you come to on Lassiter Mill Rd. starts out from the parking area going past an old house down a trail by a barn and to a creek. When I walked up and saw the house I wasn't sure if I was going in the right direction, but just followed the driveway around behind the house to the trail. Take note that there are game lands there and folks may be out dove hunting. Memorial Day marks opening weekend on dove season in North Carolina most every year. . . The creek - there is a foot bridge that leads to a small path through an overgrown field, overgrown at the time. You can use the step stones to cross the creek and follow the tractor path to the same place without taking the tiny path through the overgrown field. Might as well walk the foot bridge just for fun then cross the creek, because how often do you get to walk a footbridge?

The rest of the hike was nice. I didn't hike all of Birkhead but I did drive up to check out the trail at the second trailhead.

The Second Trailhead
Keep going past the first trail access and you find another trailhead. Its a pretty good way down a gravel road to the parking area, but the trails here are nice. No overgrown fields. I hiked, taking a right at the fork, down to a creek and didn't go much beyond that. The creek was nice and there was a small camp spot just beyond the creek.

Length of The Tails
Birkhead trail is a trail that is access via the two other access trails that I mentioned above. As this Wilderness.net site puts it
"The Birkhead Mountain Trail crosses the heart of the area for approximately 4.5 miles from north to south (but you won't find a parking lot on either end). From a parking lot on the western boundary of the Wilderness, the Robbins Branch Trail (about three miles) enters the area to fork at the Hannah's Creek Trail (about 1.5 miles). Both trails join the Birkhead Mountain Trail."

or this book found on google book