Old Butt Knob, Shining Rock Wilderness

#2 among attractions in Shining Rock Wilderness

Natural attraction, Mountain

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Old Butt Knob is a summit in Haywood County, North Carolina, in the United States. It is located within Pisgah National Forest. With an elevation of 5,522 feet, Old Butt Knob is the 114th highest mountain in North Carolina. ()

Coordinates: 35°22'18"N, 82°50'36"W

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Old Butt Knob – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Looking Glass Falls, Graveyard Fields, Sliding Rock, Black Balsam Knob.

6.7 miSE
Natural attraction, Waterfall, Park
Looking Glass Falls, Brevard
171 min walk • Looking Glass Falls is a waterfall in Western North Carolina, located near Brevard.
3.4 miS
Valley, Nature, Natural attraction
Graveyard Fields, Brevard
88 min walk • Graveyard Fields is the name of a flat mountain valley in the Blue Ridge Mountains of western North Carolina. The valley, itself over 5,000 feet in elevation, is surrounded by mountains exceeding 6,000 feet in elevation, such as Black Balsam Knob, Tennent Mountain, and Sam Knob.
5.3 miSE
Natural attraction, Waterfall, Geologic formation
Sliding Rock, Brevard
135 min walk • Sliding Rock is a waterfall in Western North Carolina, located near Brevard, so named because visitors can slide all the way down the waterfall into the plunge pool below.
3.5 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Black Balsam Knob, Pisgah National Forest
90 min walk • Black Balsam Knob, also known as Black Balsam Bald, is in the Pisgah National Forest southwest of Asheville, North Carolina, near milepost 420 on the Blue Ridge Parkway. It is the second highest mountain in the Great Balsam Mountains.
5.5 miSE
Natural attraction, Waterfall, Hiking trail
Moore Cove Falls, Pisgah National Forest
142 min walk • Moore Cove Falls is a waterfall in Pisgah National Forest in Western North Carolina, located near Brevard.
5.5 miSE
Natural attraction, Mountain, Geologic formation
Looking Glass Rock, Pisgah National Forest
140 min walk • Looking Glass Rock is a pluton monolith in the Appalachian Mountains of western North Carolina, United States.
6.1 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Trail
Mount Pisgah, Pisgah National Forest
157 min walk • Mount Pisgah is a mountain in the Appalachian Mountain Range and part of the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina, United States.
6 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Waterfall
Slick Rock Falls, Pisgah National Forest
154 min walk • Slick Rock Falls is a waterfall in Western North Carolina, located near Brevard.
5.6 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Devil's Courthouse, Thunder Ridge Wilderness
144 min walk • Devil's Courthouse is a mountain in the Appalachian Mountains of western North Carolina in the United States of America. The mountain is located at the Western edge of the Pisgah National Forest about 10 miles northwest of Brevard and 28 miles southwest of Asheville.
3.8 miE
Nature and wildlife, Historical place, Park
Biltmore Forest School, Brevard
97 min walk • The Biltmore Forest School was the first school of forestry in North America. The school of "practical forestry" was founded by Carl A. Schenck in 1898 on George W. Vanderbilt's Biltmore Estate near Asheville, North Carolina. The school grounds are now part of Pisgah National Forest in Transylvania County, North Carolina.
2.7 miN
Natural attraction, Park, Mountain
Cold Mountain, Waynesville
69 min walk • Cold Mountain falls in the mountain region of western North Carolina, United States. The mountain is one of the Great Balsam Mountains which are a part of the Blue Ridge Mountains within the Appalachian Mountains.