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.
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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
- Start on Baskins Creek Trail, heading SW.
- 1.3 miSharp right, heading NW.
- 0.3 miReach Baskins Creek Falls, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 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.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Baskins Creek Trail–Grassy Branch Concession Horse Trail, 4 sights 12.9 mi · ▲ 2,854 ft
- Brushy Mountain–Trillium Gap, 3 summits 14.8 mi · ▲ 3,766 ft
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