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North Carolina
RIM TRAIL
12.4 mi
Distance
5,853 ft
Gain
5h 55m
Time
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What we do know
Inside National Forests in North Carolina
2 managing-area boundaries mapped — agency alerts for them feed this page automatically.
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RIM TRAIL
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Elevation & route
- Distance
- 12.4 mi
- Elevation gain
- 5,853 ft
- Elevation loss
- 5,853 ft
- Highest point
- 5,239 ft
- Lowest point
- 3,789 ft
Photos
Directions & GPX
Permits & access
- Managing agency
- Forest Service
- Dogs
- unknown
- Bikes
- no
About this trail
Rim Trail is a 24.82-mile out-and-back route in North Carolina with 5,853 feet of elevation gain and loss. The trail reaches a maximum elevation of 5,239 feet.
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