Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Anthony Creek Trail–Crib Gap Trail, 5 sights

12.4 mi · ▲ 2,119 ft · 5 hr 12 min

Anthony Creek Trail–Crib Gap Trail, 5 sights is a 12.4-mile out-and-back in Great Smoky Mountains National Park near Red Bank, TN. The route reaches Dosey Gap. It climbs 2,119 ft, with sections as steep as 15% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 85/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi1,578 – 2,221 ft · steepest grade: 15%12.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Schoolhouse Gap Trailhead 35.62718, -83.72660
Nearest town Red Bank, TN

Directions

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Anthony Creek Trail–Crib Gap Trail, 5 sights

12.4 mi · ▲ 2,119 ft · 5 hr 12 min

Elevation 1,578–2,222 ft

Out & Back · Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Trailhead: Schoolhouse Gap Trailhead · 35.62718, -83.72660

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Schoolhouse Gap Trail, heading NE.
  2. 1.1 miTurn left onto Turkeypen Ridge Trail, heading SW.
  3. 50 ftPass Dosey Gap.
  4. 3.4 miTurn right onto Crib Gap Trail, heading SW.
  5. 1.6 miBear right onto Anthony Creek Trail, heading NW.
  6. 0.1 miReach Schoolhouse Gap Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 0.1 miBear left onto Crib Gap Trail, heading E.
  8. 1.6 miTurn left onto Turkeypen Ridge Trail, heading NW.
  9. 3.4 miTurn right onto Schoolhouse Gap Trail, heading E.
  10. 1.1 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

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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