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Rainbow Road and Lookout Trail Loop route map
Difficulty: ModerateLoop
North Carolina

Rainbow Road and Lookout Trail Loop

Montreat, North Carolina

2.5 mi

Distance

935 ft

Elev. Gain

1h 5m

Est. Time

Loop

Route Type

Moderate

Difficulty

About This Trail

We don't publish a description for Rainbow Road and Lookout Trail 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:887 ft
Max:1,013 ft
Gain:285 ft
Loss:285 ft
Elevation profileA line rising and falling between 887 ft and 1,013 ft across 2.5 mi along the route, drawn from start to end.887 ft929 ft971 ft1,013 ft0.0 mi0.6 mi1.2 mi1.9 mi2.5 mi

Elevation at the labelled points along this route
PointDistance from startElevation
Start0.0 mi915 ft
High point0.5 mi1,013 ft
End2.5 mi915 ft

Trail Details

Route Type
Loop

Official sources & verification

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Where it is

Nearest town:
Montreat, NC · in or next to town
County:
Buncombe 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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