At Buckquarter Creek, (also accessed on the return section of the Buckquarter Creek Trail that runs directly along the river) there are remnants of a small footbridge to the Holden Mill Trail, and a short extension to the old mill remnants. This bridge was destroyed in recent flooding and may not be rebuilt. There is also a self-named and unblazed access to the west end of Holden Mill Trail called Dumont Trail found off Dumont Rd. If you park at the very end of Cole Mill at the loop parking area, you more easily access the short Eno Trace Trail, and the swinging cable bridge to Cox Mountain Trail and Fanny Ford Trail. The 5 backcountry campsites located in this area are on the Fanny Ford Trail. ( * = See Below.)

FAVORITE COMBINATION TRAILS FOR LONGER HIKES IN THIS AREA:
There are quite a few combinations available in this section and doing all of them in any particular order could total over 12 miles. I will often do Cox Mountain clockwise, turn onto Fanny's Ford clockwise, ford the river at Few's Ford (Fanny's Ford is often not fordable in high water) and take on Buckquarter and Holden's Mill Trails. Likewise, it is usual to do Buckquarter, Fieldstone, and Holden's Mill together, or Buckquarter, Ridge and Shakori together. Knight trail is simply a local resident access for horses. You can also follow the bushwhack trail south to Pleasant Green Road to meet up with the Mountains-to-Sea Trail, Quarry Trail, and points east.

At Fews Ford go into the woods downriver, across a small wooden footbridge, and immediately head slightly uphill. Be careful here, as this uphill goes straight to the Ranger Station, unless you make a vear to the left, climbing the ridge line to gain elevation (an old roadbed long abandoned.) There are signs.

Buckquarter Creek Trail ALSO follows the Eno downriver at the riverbank, I always save this easier hike for the return trip. As the trail crests the bluffs, it will undulate up and down following the contours of the hillside. Watch for a stone foundation on your left, what seems to be an old tobacco curing shed - it has a curious foundation footprint that suggests air venting for the drying tobacco.

It will join another old roadbed at a sawhorse, warning you to stay on trail. (The anarchist in me followed it uphill one day and found it would eventually connect with Steven Scarlett Lane, but remnants of it dissappear before it actually does today.) Not much further, you are given a choice to split to the right onto Ridge Trail, which is how you access Shakori and Knight Trails as well. In the far elbow of this trail split sits the decaying wooden cabin of Dr. Cole, especially scenic in the spring when the daffodils come in. Following the Buckquarter Creek Trail further, it will pass the remnants of a wooden footbridge across it's namesake (accessing Holden Mill Trail, and the short extension to the old Holden Mill foundations.) To stay on Buckquarter Creek Trail, continue alongside the creek until it empties into the Eno River, and follow it back to Fews Ford upriver.