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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.

Buncombe County

• Big Butt Mountain is a summit in Buncombe and Haywood counties. It has an elevation of 4,767 feet (1,453 m).
• Big Butt is a summit in Buncombe and Yancey counties. It has an elevation of 5,948 feet (1,813 m).

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 6,024 feet (1,836 m).

Macon County

• Big Butt is a summit in Macon County. The mountain has an elevation of about 5,000 feet (1,500 m).

Madison County

• Big Butt is a summit on the border of North Carolina and Greene County, Tennessee. The mountain has an elevation of 4,806 feet (1,465 m).

References

1. Lillard, David (2002). Appalachian Trail Names: Origins of Place Names Along the AT. Stackpole Books. p. 12. ISBN 978-0-8117-2672-6.
2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Big Butt Mountain
3. "Big Butt, NC 5940'". ListsOfJohn.com. Retrieved July 3, 2016.
4. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Big Butt Mountain
5. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Big Butt Mountain
6. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Big Butt Mountain

35°35′51″N 82°47′56″W / 35.59750°N 82.79889°W / 35.59750; -82.79889

• Mountains of Buncombe County, North Carolina
• Mountains of Haywood County, North Carolina
• Mountains of North Carolina