South Carolina trails · Buncombe Horse Trail
Buncombe Horse Trail
A 23.2-mile network in South Carolina, with 191 ft of climbing. Managed by the U.S. Forest Service.
Elevation profile
The climbing is spread fairly evenly along the route. It gives back about 857 ft along the way, so it rolls rather than climbing steadily.
3-D terrain
USGS 3DEP ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Getting there
BUNCOMBE HORSE TRAIL junction. About 38 min drive (26 mi, 1 of them unpaved) from Union. 34.44527, -81.69229 · directions
Daylight at the trailhead
On October 14, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 7:05 a.m., the sun rises at 7:31 a.m. and sets at 6:53 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 7:19 p.m. (EDT) — 11 h 23 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 23.2-mile route takes roughly 8 h 41 min, so leaving the trailhead at sunrise puts you back around 4:11 p.m. — 2 h 42 min before sunset.
Nearby trails
- Palmetto Trail (En) — 6.3 mi
- Woods Ferry Horse Trail — 22.3 mi