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Linville Gorge Trail (Linville River Trail) route map
Difficulty: ExpertLoop
North Carolina

Linville Gorge Trail (Linville River Trail)

Newland, North Carolina

28.6 mi

Distance

9,364 ft

Elev. Gain

13h

Est. Time

Loop

Route Type

Expert

Difficulty

About This Trail

We don't publish a description for Linville Gorge Trail (Linville River 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.

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:392 ft
Max:1,211 ft
Gain:2,854 ft
Loss:2,854 ft
Elevation profileA line rising and falling between 392 ft and 1,211 ft across 28.6 mi along the route, drawn from start to end.392 ft665 ft938 ft1,211 ft0.0 mi7.1 mi14.3 mi21.4 mi28.6 mi

Elevation at the labelled points along this route
PointDistance from startElevation
Start0.0 mi1,008 ft
High point1.6 mi1,211 ft
End28.6 mi1,008 ft

Trail Details

Route Type
Loop

Official sources & verification

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Where it is

Nearest town:
Crossnore, NC · about 5 mi away
County:
Burke 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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