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Mount Mitchell Trail to South Toe River Road Loop route map
Difficulty: ExpertLoop
North Carolina

Mount Mitchell Trail to South Toe River Road Loop

Burnsville, North Carolina

16.8 mi

Distance

5,259 ft

Elev. Gain

7h 33m

Est. Time

Loop

Route Type

Expert

Difficulty

About This Trail

We don't publish a description for Mount Mitchell Trail to South Toe River Road Loop 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:929 ft
Max:2,029 ft
Gain:1,603 ft
Loss:1,603 ft
Elevation profileA line rising and falling between 929 ft and 2,029 ft across 16.8 mi along the route, drawn from start to end.929 ft1,296 ft1,662 ft2,029 ft0.0 mi4.2 mi8.4 mi12.6 mi16.8 mi

Elevation at the labelled points along this route
PointDistance from startElevation
Start0.0 mi929 ft
High point5.1 mi2,029 ft
End16.8 mi929 ft

Trail Details

Route Type
Loop

Official sources & verification

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Where it is

Nearest town:
Montreat, NC · about 7 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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