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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 (Buncombe and Yancey counties), Oct 2016
Big Butt (Buncombe and Yancey counties), viewed from Mount Mitchell
  • 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

Macon County

Big Butt, Macon County, North Carolina viewed from Rabun Bald
Big Butt, Macon County viewed from Rabun Bald
  • 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).
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