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Shut-In and Hard Times Road Loop route map
Difficulty: ModerateLoop
North Carolina

Shut-In and Hard Times Road Loop

Enka, North Carolina

4.1 mi

Distance

1,247 ft

Elev. Gain

Loop

Route Type

Moderate

Difficulty

About This Trail

We don't publish a description for Shut-In and Hard Times 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.

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:620 ft
Max:792 ft
Gain:380 ft
Loss:380 ft
Elevation profileA line rising and falling between 620 ft and 792 ft across 4.1 mi along the route, drawn from start to end.620 ft677 ft735 ft792 ft0.0 mi1.0 mi2.0 mi3.1 mi4.1 mi

Elevation at the labelled points along this route
PointDistance from startElevation
Start0.0 mi625 ft
High point1.9 mi792 ft
End4.1 mi625 ft

Trail Details

Route Type
Loop

Official sources & verification

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Where it is

Nearest town:
Bent Creek, 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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