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Rocky Head Trail route map
Difficulty: DifficultOut and Back
North Carolina

Rocky Head Trail

Black Mountain, North Carolina

1.7 mi

Distance

1,089 ft

Elev. Gain

1h 6m

Est. Time

Out & Back

Route Type

Difficult

Difficulty

About This Trail

We don't publish a description for Rocky Head 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

We have no current condition data for this trail. Check with the operator before you go, and submit a report below if you've been recently.

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Elevation Profile

Min:904 ft
Max:1,213 ft
Gain:332 ft
Loss:332 ft
Elevation profileA line rising and falling between 904 ft and 1,213 ft across 1.7 mi along the route, drawn from start to end.904 ft1,007 ft1,110 ft1,213 ft0.0 mi0.4 mi0.8 mi1.3 mi1.7 mi

Elevation at the labelled points along this route
PointDistance from startElevation
Start0.0 mi904 ft
High point0.8 mi1,213 ft
End1.7 mi904 ft

Trail Details

Route Type
Out & Back

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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