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Toll Gate to Bankhead Trail and Buzzard's Roost Waterfall route map
Difficulty: ModerateOut and Back
Alabama

Toll Gate to Bankhead Trail and Buzzard's Roost Waterfall

Huntsville, Alabama

2.3 mi

Distance

600 ft

Elev. Gain

55m

Est. Time

Out & Back

Route Type

Moderate

Difficulty

About This Trail

We don't publish a description for Toll Gate to Bankhead Trail and Buzzard's Roost Waterfall 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:270 ft
Max:349 ft
Gain:183 ft
Loss:183 ft
Elevation profileA line rising and falling between 270 ft and 349 ft across 2.3 mi along the route, drawn from start to end.270 ft296 ft323 ft349 ft0.0 mi0.6 mi1.1 mi1.7 mi2.3 mi

Elevation at the labelled points along this route
PointDistance from startElevation
Start0.0 mi326 ft
High point0.5 mi349 ft
End2.3 mi326 ft

Trail Details

Route Type
Out & Back

Official sources & verification

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Where it is

Nearest town:
Huntsville, AL · in or next to town
County:
Madison County, AL

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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