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Tanawha Trail Via Beacon Heights route map
Difficulty: DifficultPoint to Point
North Carolina

Tanawha Trail Via Beacon Heights

Collettsville, North Carolina

11.8 mi

Distance

2,438 ft

Elev. Gain

4h 39m

Est. Time

Point to Point

Route Type

Difficult

Difficulty

About This Trail

We don't publish a description for Tanawha Trail Via Beacon Heights 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:1,049 ft
Max:1,421 ft
Gain:743 ft
Loss:983 ft
Elevation profileA line rising and falling between 1,049 ft and 1,421 ft across 11.8 mi along the route, drawn from start to end.1,049 ft1,173 ft1,297 ft1,421 ft0.0 mi3.0 mi5.9 mi8.9 mi11.8 mi

Elevation at the labelled points along this route
PointDistance from startElevation
Start0.0 mi1,289 ft
High point2.9 mi1,421 ft
End11.8 mi1,049 ft

Trail Details

Route Type
Point to Point
Surface
Dirt

Official sources & verification

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Where it is

Nearest town:
Grandfather Village, NC · in or next to town
County:
Avery 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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