Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Baskins Creek Trail
6.6 mi · ▲ 1,637 ft · 3 hr 1 min
Baskins Creek Trail is a 6.6-mile out-and-back in Great Smoky Mountains National Park near Fort Harry, TN. It climbs 1,637 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 Trail
6.6 mi · ▲ 1,637 ft · 3 hr 1 min
Elevation 2,167–2,886 ft
Out & Back · Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Trailhead: Rainbow Falls Trail Trailhead · 35.67575, -83.48586
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 7:09 AM · sunset 7:59 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Trillium Gap Trail, heading S.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Baskins Creek Trail, heading N.
- 2.7 miReach Baskins Creek Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 2.7 miTurn right onto Trillium Gap Trail, heading NW.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftArrive 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
More from Rainbow Falls Trail Trailhead Trailhead
- Baskins Creek Falls & Baskins Creek Trail 4.5 mi · ▲ 1,038 ft
- Grassy Branch Concession Horse Trail–Old Sugarlands Trail, 3 sights 6.4 mi · ▲ 1,149 ft
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