Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Baskins Creek Falls & Baskins Creek Trail
4.3 mi · ▲ 1,187 ft · 2 hr 2 min
Baskins Creek Falls & Baskins Creek Trail is a 4.3-mile out-and-back in Great Smoky Mountains National Park near Fort Harry, TN. The route reaches Baskins Creek Falls at the turnaround, 2.1 miles in. It climbs 1,187 ft, with sections as steep as 21% 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
4.3 mi · ▲ 1,187 ft · 2 hr 2 min
Elevation 2,094–2,973 ft
Out & Back · Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Trailhead: Trillium Gap Trail · 35.67817, -83.47158
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 7:09 AM · sunset 7:59 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Trillium Gap Trail, heading W.
- 0.6 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 SE.
- 0.5 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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- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Trillium Gap Trail Trailhead
- Trillium Gap Trail 2.2 mi · ▲ 422 ft
- Trillium Gap Trail 2.3 mi · ▲ 451 ft
- Trillium Gap Trail 2.5 mi · ▲ 415 ft
- Baskins Creek Trail 6.4 mi · ▲ 1,786 ft
- Cliff Top–Cliif Top Viewpoint, 4 summits 15.1 mi · ▲ 3,754 ft
- Trillium Gap–Alum Cave Trail Loop, 7 sights 15.2 mi · ▲ 4,080 ft
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