Blue Ridge Parkway · North Carolina, Virginia

Buck Spring Tunnel Trail

0.2 mi of trail, end to end · about 70 ft of climbing · 4,911 ft–4,981 ft · hiking

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4,911 ft 4,981 ft · 0.2 mi high 4,981 ft

Along the way Buck Spring Gap Buck Spring Tunnel Buck Springs Gap Overlook

Trailheads Buck Springs Parking Area MP 407.6 4,998 ft Drive there · Mt. Pisgah Parking Area MP 407.6 4,994 ft Drive there

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About this trail's facts

The lines are the National Park Service's public trails layer, the trailheads and the waterfalls, views, peaks and historic places along them the Service's public points of interest, read 2026-10-16 and simplified for the map; the length is the line's, end to end. The write-ups are the Service's own "things to do" text, unedited. Heights come from USGS 3DEP through Terrain Tiles on AWS (Mapzen/Tilezen), read along each line and rounded; a short trail on steep ground can be off by a few tens of feet. Closures change: check the park's own site before you go.