Otter Lake Loop Trail
Virginia
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0.5 mi
Distance
734 ft
Gain
22 min
Time
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What we do know
Inside Blue Ridge Parkway
3 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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Otter Lake Loop Trail
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Elevation & route
- Distance
- 0.5 mi
- Elevation gain
- 734 ft
- Elevation loss
- 734 ft
- Highest point
- 856 ft
- Lowest point
- 667 ft
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Directions & GPX
Permits & access
- Managing agency
- National Park Service
About this trail
Otter Lake Loop Trail is a 1.04-mile out-and-back trail in Virginia with 734 feet of elevation gain and loss. The trail reaches a maximum elevation of 856 feet.
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