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Sam's Knob and Little Sam Loop route map
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North Carolina

Sam's Knob and Little Sam Loop

Pisgah Forest, North Carolina

9.3 mi

Distance

1,358 ft

Elev. Gain

3h 47m

Est. Time

Loop

Route Type

Difficult

Difficulty

About This Trail

We don't publish a description for Sam's Knob and Little Sam 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:1,530 ft
Max:1,849 ft
Gain:700 ft
Loss:700 ft
Elevation profileA line rising and falling between 1,530 ft and 1,849 ft across 9.3 mi along the route, drawn from start to end.1,530 ft1,636 ft1,743 ft1,849 ft0.0 mi2.3 mi4.7 mi7.0 mi9.3 mi

Elevation at the labelled points along this route
PointDistance from startElevation
Start0.0 mi1,773 ft
High point1.3 mi1,849 ft
End9.3 mi1,773 ft

Trail Details

Route Type
Loop

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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