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.

Elevation

0 mi2,093 – 2,973 ft · steepest grade: 21%4.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Trillium Gap Trail 35.67817, -83.47158
Nearest town Fort Harry, TN

Directions

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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

  1. Start on Trillium Gap Trail, heading W.
  2. 0.6 miSharp right onto Baskins Creek Trail, heading N.
  3. 1.4 miBear left, heading NW.
  4. 0.3 miReach Baskins Creek Falls, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 1.6 miSharp left onto Trillium Gap Trail, heading SE.
  6. 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.

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 7:09 AMSunset 7:59 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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