Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Baskins Creek Falls & Baskins Creek Trail via Trillium Gap Trail
6.7 mi · ▲ 1,600 ft · 3 hr 2 min
Baskins Creek Falls & Baskins Creek Trail via Trillium Gap Trail is a 6.7-mile out-and-back in Great Smoky Mountains National Park near Fort Harry, TN. The route reaches Baskins Creek Falls at the turnaround, 3.4 miles in. It climbs 1,600 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 74/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Baskins Creek Falls & Baskins Creek Trail via Trillium Gap Trail
6.7 mi · ▲ 1,600 ft · 3 hr 2 min
Elevation 2,094–3,260 ft
Out & Back · Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Trailhead: Trillium Gap Trail Trailhead · 35.68026, -83.46267
Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 83°F / low 69° · precip 22% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 7:10 AM · sunset 7:57 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Trillium Gap Trail, heading E.
- 1.8 miSharp right onto Baskins Creek Trail, heading N.
- 1.4 miBear left, heading NW.
- 0.3 miReach Baskins Creek Falls, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.6 miSharp left onto Trillium Gap Trail, heading S.
- 1.7 miArrive 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
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- Trillium Gap Trail 3.5 mi · ▲ 726 ft
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