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Big Butt Trail route map
Difficulty: ExpertOut and Back
North Carolina

Big Butt Trail

Barnardsville, North Carolina

10.9 mi

Distance

3,944 ft

Elev. Gain

5h 16m

Est. Time

Out & Back

Route Type

Expert

Difficulty

About This Trail

We don't publish a description for Big Butt Trail 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.

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Trail Conditions

Trail Conditions

Unknown

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Elevation Profile

Min:1,313 ft
Max:1,778 ft
Gain:1,202 ft
Loss:1,202 ft
Elevation profileA line rising and falling between 1,313 ft and 1,778 ft across 10.9 mi along the route, drawn from start to end.1,313 ft1,468 ft1,623 ft1,778 ft0.0 mi2.7 mi5.4 mi8.2 mi10.9 mi

Elevation at the labelled points along this route
PointDistance from startElevation
Start0.0 mi1,632 ft
High point2.8 mi1,778 ft
End10.9 mi1,632 ft

Trail Details

Route Type
Out & Back

Official sources & verification

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Where it is

Nearest town:
Barnardsville, NC · about 6 mi away
County:
Yancey 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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