Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Baskins Creek Falls via Baskins Creek Trail

3.2 mi · ▲ 797 ft · 1 hr 28 min

Baskins Creek Falls via Baskins Creek Trail is a 3.2-mile out-and-back in Great Smoky Mountains National Park near Glade, TN. The route reaches Baskins Creek Falls at the turnaround, 1.6 miles in. It climbs 797 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 80/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi2,093 – 2,618 ft · steepest grade: 23%3.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Baskins Creek Trail 35.69429, -83.46651
Nearest town Glade, TN

Directions

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Baskins Creek Falls via Baskins Creek Trail

3.2 mi · ▲ 797 ft · 1 hr 28 min

Elevation 2,094–2,617 ft

Out & Back · Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Trailhead: Baskins Creek Trail · 35.69429, -83.46651

Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 87°F / low 73° · precip 22% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 7:10 AM · sunset 7:57 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Baskins Creek Trail, heading SW.
  2. 1.3 miSharp right, heading NW.
  3. 0.3 miReach Baskins Creek Falls, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  4. 1.6 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

OvercastTemperature 87°F73°
Precip22%Wind3 mphUV7Humidity72%
Rained 0.1″ 2 days ago
Hourly temperatureRain chance
90°70° 5 AM: 1% rain6 AM: 1% rain7 AM: 1% rain8 AM: 1% rain9 AM: 1% rain10 AM: 3% rain11 AM: 3% rain12 PM: 2% rain1 PM: 2% rain2 PM: 3% rain3 PM: 7% rain4 PM: 12% rain5 PM: 12% rain6 PM: 22% rain7 PM: 16% rain8 PM: 19% rain9 PM: 20% rain10 PM: 19% rain11 PM: 15% rain
Sunrise 7:10 AM12 AM3 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 7:57 PM
Sun 83°67° 22%
Mon 78°66° 47%
Tue 82°62°
Wed 83°63°
Thu 85°67° 29%
Fri 75°66° 32%

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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