Big Butt Mountain Explained

Big Butt Mountain or Big Butt are the names of five distinct mountains in Western North Carolina. Butt in this context is a corruption of butte.^[1]

Buncombe County

• Big Butt Mountain is a summit in Buncombe and Haywood counties. It has an elevation of .
• Big Butt is a summit in Buncombe and Yancey counties.^[2] It has an elevation of .

Haywood County

• Big Butt is a summit inside the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Haywood County, North Carolina. The mountain has an elevation of about .

Macon County

• Big Butt is a summit in Macon County. The mountain has an elevation of about .

Madison County

• Big Butt is a summit on the border of North Carolina and Greene County, Tennessee. The mountain has an elevation of .

References

35.5975°N -82.7989°W

Notes and References

1. Book: Lillard, David. Appalachian Trail Names: Origins of Place Names Along the AT. 2002. Stackpole Books. 978-0-8117-2672-6. 12.
2. 108418 . Big Butt, NC 5940'. July 3, 2016.