Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Baskins Creek Falls & Baskins Creek Trail
4.5 mi · ▲ 1,038 ft · 2 hr 1 min
Baskins Creek Falls & Baskins Creek Trail is a 4.5-mile out-and-back in Great Smoky Mountains National Park near Fort Harry, TN. The route reaches Baskins Creek Falls at the turnaround, 2.2 miles in. It climbs 1,038 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 78/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Baskins Creek Falls & Baskins Creek Trail
4.5 mi · ▲ 1,038 ft · 2 hr 1 min
Elevation 2,094–2,886 ft
Out & Back · Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Trailhead: Rainbow Falls Trail Trailhead · 35.67575, -83.48586
Weather Sep 4: Drizzle, high 86°F / low 73° · precip 4% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 7:09 AM · sunset 7:59 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Trillium Gap Trail, heading S.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Baskins Creek Trail, heading N.
- 1.4 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.3 miReach Baskins Creek Falls, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.6 miTurn right onto Trillium Gap Trail, heading NW.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Rainbow Falls Trail Trailhead Trailhead
- Grassy Branch Concession Horse Trail–Old Sugarlands Trail, 3 sights 6.4 mi · ▲ 1,149 ft
- Baskins Creek Trail 6.6 mi · ▲ 1,637 ft
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