Elephant Mountain Trail
Virginia
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0.9 mi
Distance
535 ft
Gain
31 min
Time
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What we do know
Inside George Washington and Jefferson National Forest
2 managing-area boundaries mapped — agency alerts for them feed this page automatically.
Boundary data
What's missing
No access route mapped
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Elephant Mountain Trail
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Elevation & route
- Distance
- 0.9 mi
- Elevation gain
- 535 ft
- Elevation loss
- 535 ft
- Highest point
- 2,056 ft
- Lowest point
- 1,739 ft
Photos
Directions & GPX
Permits & access
- Managing agency
- Forest Service
About this trail
Elephant Mountain Trail is a 1.9-mile out-and-back hike in Virginia with 535 feet of elevation gain and loss. The trail reaches a maximum elevation of 2,056 feet.
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