Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Anthony Creek Trail & Cades Cove Horse Trail

5.2 mi · ▲ 543 ft · 2 hr

Anthony Creek Trail & Cades Cove Horse Trail is a 5.2-mile out-and-back in Great Smoky Mountains National Park near Red Bank, TN. It climbs 543 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 77/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi1,847 – 2,202 ft5.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Anthony Creek Trail 35.60414, -83.76886
Nearest town Red Bank, TN

Directions

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Anthony Creek Trail & Cades Cove Horse Trail

5.2 mi · ▲ 543 ft · 2 hr

Elevation 1,847–2,200 ft

Out & Back · Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Trailhead: Anthony Creek Trail · 35.60414, -83.76886

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 7:11 AM · sunset 7:58 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Anthony Creek Trail, heading E.
  2. 0.7 miSharp right onto Cades Cove Horse Trail, heading W.
  3. 1.9 miReach Anthony Creek Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  4. 0.3 miSharp left, heading W.
  5. 1.6 miSharp left onto Anthony Creek Trail, heading N.
  6. 0.7 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 7:11 AMSunset 7:58 PM

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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