Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Baskins Creek Trail
6.4 mi · ▲ 1,786 ft · 3 hr 2 min
Baskins Creek Trail is a 6.4-mile out-and-back in Great Smoky Mountains National Park near Fort Harry, TN. It climbs 1,786 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 78/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi2,169 – 2,973 ft · steepest grade: 18%6.6 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Trillium Gap Trail 35.67817, -83.47158
Nearest town Fort Harry, TN
Directions
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Baskins Creek Trail
6.4 mi · ▲ 1,786 ft · 3 hr 2 min
Elevation 2,167–2,973 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.
- 2.7 miReach Baskins Creek Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 2.7 miSharp left onto Trillium Gap Trail, heading S.
- 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
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 Falls & Baskins Creek Trail 4.3 mi · ▲ 1,187 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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