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Bad Fork Trail to FR469 route map
Difficulty: DifficultPoint to Point
North Carolina

Bad Fork Trail to FR469

Little Switzerland, North Carolina

11.9 mi

Distance

3,425 ft

Elev. Gain

Point to Point

Route Type

Difficult

Difficulty

About This Trail

We don't publish a description for Bad Fork Trail to FR469 unless we can point you at the agency it came from. We don't have one yet. The planning figures above — distance, elevation gain, estimated time, route type — come from the source listed on this trail.

The managing agency is the authority for conditions, closures and route notes. See official sources below. Spot something we should add?

Trail Conditions

Trail Conditions

Unknown

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Elevation Profile

Min:599 ft
Max:1,126 ft
Gain:1,044 ft
Loss:1,464 ft
Elevation profileA line rising and falling between 599 ft and 1,126 ft across 11.9 mi along the route, drawn from start to end.599 ft775 ft950 ft1,126 ft0.0 mi3.0 mi5.9 mi8.9 mi11.9 mi

Elevation at the labelled points along this route
PointDistance from startElevation
Start0.0 mi1,035 ft
High point0.9 mi1,126 ft
End11.9 mi615 ft

Trail Details

Route Type
Point to Point

Official sources & verification

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Where it is

Nearest town:
Old Fort, NC · about 9 mi away
County:
McDowell County, NC

Nearest town and county from U.S. Census Bureau place records and county boundaries.

We display cached information from agency feeds. Hours, fees, permits, closures, fire restrictions, and conditions change without notice. Outdoors is not the permitting authority. Confirm current conditions for this trail using the links above before you go — you are responsible for compliance. Last verified by us: May 23, 2026. Our copy is more than a month old — please reconfirm with the agency before relying on it.Spot an error in our data?

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Path geometry came from our pre-launch legacy database. Routes have not yet been re-verified against the operator and may differ from the actual trail.

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