Big Butt Trail

Big Butt Trail: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this trek: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Big Butt Trail

Season: October to February.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

How to reach Big Butt Trail — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 35.77932, -82.34091. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Big Butt Trail

• Mount Mitchell State Park · sanctuary · Yancey · ~6 km · Must-see
• Mount Mitchell · viewpoint · Yancey · ~9 km · Must-see
• Mount Craig · viewpoint · East Tennessee · ~9 km · Must-see
• Mountains-to-Sea Trail · trek · Buncombe · ~10 km · Must-see
• Pisgah National Forest · sanctuary · Buncombe · ~13 km · Must-see
• Celo Knob · viewpoint · East Tennessee · ~15 km · Must-see
• North Fork Reservoir · lake · East Tennessee · ~15 km · Must-see
• Buck Creek Gap · viewpoint · East Tennessee · ~20 km · Must-see
• Andrews Geyser · sanctuary · East Tennessee · ~21 km · Must-see
• Bull Gap · viewpoint · East Tennessee · ~21 km · Must-see
• Andrews Geyser · park · McDowell · ~21 km · Must-see
• Swannanoa Gap · viewpoint · East Tennessee · ~23 km · Must-see
• Craven Gap · viewpoint · East Tennessee · ~25 km · Must-see
• Arrowhead Monument · sanctuary · East Tennessee · ~28 km · Must-see
• Woody's Knob · viewpoint · East Tennessee · ~30 km · Must-see
• Lake Tahoma · lake · East Tennessee · ~30 km · Must-see
• Beaver Lake · lake · East Tennessee · ~32 km · Must-see
• Saint Lukes Church · church · Buncombe · ~33 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Big Butt Trail

Other treks near Big Butt Trail

• Mountains-to-Sea Trail · trek · Buncombe · ~10 km · Must-see
• Tanawha Trail · trek · Caldwell · ~78 km · Must-see
• Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail · trek · Burke · ~89 km · Must-see
• Boulevard Trail · trek · East Tennessee · ~123 km
• Alum Cave Trail · trek · East Tennessee · ~126 km
• Foothills Trail · trek · Pickens · ~130 km
• Upper Corner Rock Creek Trail · trek · Buncombe · ~2 km
• Little Andy Creek Trail · trek · Buncombe · ~2 km
• Elk Pen Trail · trek · Buncombe · ~4 km
• Laurel Gap Trail · trek · Buncombe · ~4 km

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