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Great Smoky Mountains National Park Great Smoky Mountains National Park Trails Section Miles Trail Totals Displayed on $1 GSMNP map: 2018 Mileages primarily from National Geographic Topo Maps (316 & 317) Date Completed Notes Abrams Falls Trail 4.2 Ace Gap Trail 5.6 Albright Grove Loop 0.7 Alum Cave Trail 5.0 Anthony Creek Trail 3.6 Cades Cove Picnic Area - Crib Gap 0.2 Crib Gap - Russell Field 1.4 Russell Field - Bote Mountain 1.9 Appalachian Trail 71.7 Fontana/Lakeview Drive West - Lost Cove 3.7 Lost Cove - Gregory Bald (Doe Knob) 3.1 Gregory Bald (Doe Knob) - Russell Field 6.4 Russell Field - Eagle Creek 2.9 Eagle Creek - Bote Mountain 0.1 Bote Mountain - Jenkins Ridge 0.3 Jenkins Ridge - Greenbrier Ridge 6.2 Greenbrier Ridge - Miry Ridge 2.4 Miry Ridge - Welch Ridge 3.3 Welch Ridge - Goshen Prong 1.9 Goshen Prong - Clingmans Bypass 1.9 Clingmans Dome Bypass - Clingmans Dome Tower 0.3 Clingmans Dome Tower - Sugarland Mountain 3.5 Sugarland Mountain - Road Prong 2.7 Road Prong - Newfound Gap Parking Lot 1.7 Newfound GapParking Lot - Sweat Heifer 1.7 Sweat Heifer - Boulevard 1.0 Boulevard - Dry Sluice Gap 1.7 Dry Sluice - Hughes Ridge 6.0 Hughes Ridge - Balsam Mountain 5.3 Balsam Mountain - Snake Den Ridge 3.7 Snake Den Ridge - Camel Gap 2.3 Camel Gap - Low Gap 2.4 Low Gap - Mt. Cammerer 2.1 Mt. Cammerer - Lower Mt. Cammerer 2.3 Lower Mt. Cammerer - Chestnut Branch 0.9 Chestnut Branch - Davenport Gap 1.9 Balsam Mountain Trail 10.1 Balsam Mountain Road - Beech Gap I 2.3 Beech Gap I - Mt. Sterling Ridge 2.0 Mt. Sterling Ridge - Gunter Fork 0.9 Gunter Fork - AT 4.9 Baskins Creek Trail 2.7 Baxter Creek Trail 6.1 Bear Creek Trail 5.9 Beard Cane Trail 4.2 Beech Gap Trail I 2.5 Beech Gap Trail II 2.8 Benton MacKaye Connector Trail in Smokemont/Smokemont Stables Trail (Bradley Fork to Church Parking at Entrance) 0.8 Big Creek Trail 5.8 Big Creek Park Road - Swallow Fork 5.1 Swallow Fork - Low Gap I 0.2 Low Gap I - Camel Gap/CS #36 0.4 Big Fork Ridge Trail 3.2 Bone Valley Trail 1.8 Boogerman Trail 4.1 Bote Mountain Trail 6.9 Laurel Creek Road - West Prong 1.2 West Prong - Finley Cane 0.3 Finley Cane - Lead Cove 2.5 Lead Cove - Anthony Creek 1.2 Anthony Creek - AT 1.7 Boulevard Trail 5.4 Bradley Fork Trail 7.3 Smokemont Campground - Chasteen Creek 1.2 Chasteen Creek - Smokemont Loop 0.5 Smokemont Loop - Cabin Flats 2.3 Cabin Flats - Hughes Ridge 3.3 Brushy Mountain Trail 4.9 Porter's Creek - Trillium Gap 4.5 Trillium Gap - Summit of Brushy Mountain 0.4 Bull Head Trail (closed) 5.9 Cabin Flats Trail 0.9 Bradley Fork - Dry Sluice Gap 0.3 Dry Sluice Gap - CS #49 0.6 Caldwell Fork Trail 6.3 Cataloochee Road - Boogerman N 0.8 Boogerman N - Boogerman S 1.9 Boogerman S - Big Fork 0.4 Big Fork - McKee Branch 0.0 McKee Branch - Hemphill Bald 1.4 Hemphill Bald - Rough Fork 1.7 Camel Gap Trail 4.7 Big Creek/CS #36 - Gunter Fork 0.6 Gunter Fork - AT 4.1 Cane Creek Trail 2.1 Cataloochie Divide Trail 6.4 Cove Creek Mountain Road - McKee Branch 4.6 McKee Branch - Hemphill Bald 1.8 Chasteen Creek Trail 4.0 Chestnut Branch Trail 2.1 Chestnut Top Trail 4.3 Chimney Tops Trail 1.8 Newfound Gap Road - Road Prong 0.9 Road Prong - Chimneys Summit Viewpoint 0.8 Clingmans Dome Nature Trail (asphalt) 0.5 Clingmans Dome Bypass Trail 0.5 Cold Spring Gap Trail 3.5 Cooper Creek Trail (avoid area at Park's request) 0.5 Cooper Road Trail 10.5 Abrams Creek Campground - Little Bottoms 0.9 Little Bottoms - Gold Mine 1.7 Gold Mine - Cane Creek 0.6 Cane Creek - Beard Cane 1.8 Beard Cane - Wet Bottoms 5.5 Wet Bottoms - Cades Cove Loop Road 0.2 Cosby Campground Trails 2.5 Cove Mountain Trail (to tower) 8.5 Crib Gap Trail 1.8 Anthony Creek - Turkeypen Ridge 1.6 Turkeypen Ridge - Finley Cane (through tunnel) 0.1 Crooked Arm Ridge Trail 2.2 Cucumber Gap Trail 2.4 Curry Mountain Trail 3.3 Deep Creek Horse Trail 1.7 Deep Creek Trail 14.2 Newfound Gap Road - Fork Ridge 3.9 Fork Ridge - Pole Road Creek 3.6 Pole Road Creek - Martins Gap 0.7 Martins Gap - Loop 4.3 Loop - Deep Creek Horse 0.9 Deep Creek Horse - Indian Creek 0.1 Indian Creek - Juney Whank 0.7 Juney Whank - West Deep Creek Road 0.1 Deeplow Gap Trail 6.1 Indian Creek - Indian Creek Motor 0.4 Indian Creek Motor - Thomas Divide 1.8 Thomas Divide - Cooper Creek 1.5 Cooper Creek - Mingus Creek 2.4 Dry Sluice Gap Trail 4.2 Cabin Flats - Grassy Branch 2.9 Grassy Branch - AT 1.3 Eagle Creek Trail 8.9 Enloe Creek Trail 3.6 Finley Cane Trail 2.8 Bote Mountain - Crib Gap 2.6 Crib Gap - Lead Cove 0.2 Flat Creek Trail 2.6 Fork Ridge Trail 5.1 Forney Creek Trail 11.4 Forney Ridge - Jonas Creek 7.4 Jonas Creek - Springhouse Branch 1.2 Springhouse Branch - White Oak Branch 1.3 White Oak Branch - Bear Creek 1.1 Bear Creek - Lakeshore 0.4 Forney Ridge Trail 5.6 Clingmans Dome Parking Area - Dome Bypass 0.2 Dome Bypass - Forney Creek 0.9 Forney Creek - Springhouse Branch 4.5 Gabes Mountain Trail 6.6 Gatlinburg Trail 1.9 Gold Mine Trail 0.8 Goldmine Loop Trail 2.0 Goshen Prong Trail 7.6 Little River - Camp #23 3.3 Camp #23 - AT 4.4 Grapeyard Ridge Trail 7.6 Grassy Branch Trail 2.5 Greenbrier Ridge Trail 4.2 Gregory Bald Trail 7.3 Parsons Branch Road - Wolf Ridge 4.1 Wolf Ridge - Gregory Ridge 1.2 Gregory Ridge - Long Hungry Ridge 0.1 Long Hungry Ridge - AT 2.0 Gregory Ridge Trail 5.0 Gunter Fork Trail 4.1 Hannah Mountain Trail 9.5 Hatcher Mountain Trail - Rabbit Creek Trail 1.9 Rabbit Creek Trail - Parson Branch Road 7.6 Hatcher Mountain Trail (Little Bottoms - Cooper Road) 2.6 Hazel Creek Trail 14.7 Lakeshore - Jenkins Ridge 4.5 Jenkins Ridge - Bone Valley 0.8 Bone Valley - Cold Spring Gap 1.3 Cold Spring Gap - Welch Ridge 8.1 Hazel Creek Trail Access to Fontana Lake Landing 0.7 Hemphill Bald Trail 8.4 Heintooga Road - Cataloochee Divide 5.5 Cataloochee Divide - Caldwell Fork 3.0 High Rocks Trail 0.3 Hughes Ridge Trail 5.0 Chasteen Creek - Enloe Creek 0.4 Enloe Creek - Bradley Fork 2.5 Bradley Fork - AT 2.2 Huskey Gap Trail 4.1 Newfound Gap Road - Sugarland Mountain 2.0 Sugarland Mountain - Little River 2.1 Hyatt Ridge Trail 4.4 Straight Fork Road - Enloe Creek 1.8 Enloe Creek - Beech Gap II 1.7 Beech Gap II - CS #44 0.9 Indian Creek Motor Trail 1.8 Indian Creek Trail 3.6 Deep Creek - Stonepile Gap 0.5 Stonepile Gap - Loop 0.3 Loop - Deeplow Gap 2.2 Deeplow Gap - Martins Gap 0.7 Indian Grave Gap Trail 3.7 Rich MountainRoad - Rich Mountain Loop 1.1 Rich Mountain Loop - Rich Mountain 0.8 Rich Mountain - Scott Mountain 1.8 Jakes Creek Trail 3.7 Elkmont Road - Cucumber Gap 0.7 Cucumber Gap - Meigs Mountain 0.1 Meigs Mountain - Miry Ridge 2.9 Jenkins Ridge Trail 8.9 Jonas Creek Trail 4.1 Juney Whank Falls Trail (Deep Creek parking to falls and back to Deep Creek Trail) 0.5 Kanati Fork Trail 2.9 Kephart Prong Trail 2.0 Lakeshore Trail 34.6 Lakeview Drive East - Tunnel Bypass 0.6 Tunnel Bypass - Goldmine Loop 0.1 Goldmine Loop - Whiteoak Branch 1.2 Whiteoak Branch - Forney Creek/CS #74 1.0 Forney Creek/CS #74 - Chambers Creek/CS #98 6.6 Chambers Creek/CS #98 - Pilkey Creek 6.5 Pilkey Creek to Ollie Cove Trail 7.4 Ollie Cove Trail to Hazel Creek/Proctor Bridge 0.7 Hazel Creek/Proctor Bridge - Eagle Creek 4.4 Eagle Creek - CS #90 0.5 CS #90 - Lost Cove 0.3 Lost Cove - Fontana/Lakeview Drive West 5.2 Laurel Falls Trail 4.0 Little River Road - Little Greenbrier 3.1 Little Greenbrier - Cove Mountain 0.9 Lead Cove Trail 1.8 Little Bottoms Trail 2.5 Cooper Road - Hatcher Mountain 2.3 Hatcher Mountain - Abrahms Falls Trail 0.2 Little Brier Gap Trail 1.4 Little Cataloochee Trail 5.2 Pretty Hollow Gap - Long Bunk 4.1 Long Bunk - Old NC 284 Road 1.0 Little Greenbrier Trail 4.3 Wear Cove Gap Road - Little Brier Gap 1.9 Little Brier Gap - Laurel Falls 2.4 Little River Trail 6.2 Elkmont Road - Cucumber Gap 2.4 Cucumber Gap - Huskey Gap 0.4 Huskey Gap - Goshen Prong 1.0 Goshen Prong - Rough Creek 0.8 Rough Creek - CS #30 1.8 Long Bunk Trail 3.6 Long Hungry Ridge Trail 4.5 Loop Trail 1.2 Indian Creek - Sunkota Ridge 0.5 Sunkota Ridge - Deep Creek 0.6 Lost Cove Trail 2.7 Low Gap Trail I 2.5 Low Gap Trail II 2.9 Cosby Campground - Lower Mt. Cammerer 0.8 Lower Mt. Cammerer - AT 2.1 Lower Mount Cammerer Trail 7.5 Cosby Campground - Low Gap II 0.1 Low Gap II - AT 7.3 Lumber Ridge Trail 4.1 Lynn Camp Prong Trail 3.7 Maddron Bald Trail 7.3 Laurel Springs Road - Old Settlers 1.2 Old Settlers - Albright Grove I 1.7 Albright Grove I - Albright Grove II 0.3 Albright Grove II - Snake Den Ridge 4.0 Martins Gap Trail 3.0 Indian Creek - Sunkota Ridge 1.5 Sunkota Ridge - Deep Creek 1.5 McKee Branch Trail 2.3 Meigs Creek Trail 3.5 Meigs Mountain Trail 6.1 Jakes Creek - Curry Mountain 4.1 Curry Mountain - Lumber Ridge 1.9 Metcalf Bottoms Trail 0.7 Middle Prong Trail 4.1 Tremont Road - Panther Creek 2.3 Panther Creek - Greenbrier Ridge 1.8 Mingus Creek Trail 5.8 Newfound Gap Road - Deeplow Gap 2.9 Deeplow Gap - Newton Bald 2.8 Miry Ridge Trail 5.0 Jakes Creek - Lynn Camp Prong 2.5 Lynn Camp Prong - AT 2.5 Mount Cammerer Trail 0.6 Mount Sterling Ridge Trail 5.3 Mt.
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