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Ivestor Gap Trail route map
Difficulty: DifficultOut and Back
North Carolina

Ivestor Gap Trail

Canton, North Carolina

8.3 mi

Distance

1,427 ft

Elev. Gain

Out & Back

Route Type

Difficult

Difficulty

About This Trail

We don't publish a description for Ivestor Gap 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:1,733 ft
Max:1,791 ft
Gain:435 ft
Loss:435 ft
Elevation profileA line rising and falling between 1,733 ft and 1,791 ft across 8.3 mi along the route, drawn from start to end.1,733 ft1,752 ft1,772 ft1,791 ft0.0 mi2.1 mi4.1 mi6.2 mi8.3 mi

Elevation at the labelled points along this route
PointDistance from startElevation
Start0.0 mi1,775 ft
High point1.0 mi1,791 ft
End8.3 mi1,775 ft

Trail Details

Route Type
Out & Back

Official sources & verification

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Where it is

Nearest town:
Brevard, NC · about 9 mi away
County:
Haywood 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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