Baxter Cliff–Bearwallow Gap, 7 sights
9.3 mi · ▲ 1,926 ft · 4 hr 4 min
Baxter Cliff–Bearwallow Gap, 7 sights is a 9.3-mile out-and-back near Greystone, TN. The route passes Fox Cabin Gap and Bearwallow Gap before reaching Baxter Cliff at the turnaround, 4.7 miles in. It climbs 1,926 ft. It scores 92/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Baxter Cliff–Bearwallow Gap, 7 sights
9.3 mi · ▲ 1,926 ft · 4 hr 4 min
Elevation 3,089–4,431 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Round Knob Road · 36.06477, -82.68049
Weather Sep 4: Fog, high 84°F / low 71° · precip 7% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 7:06 AM · sunset 7:56 PM
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- Start on Round Knob Road, heading SE.
- 1.2 miBear right onto Beetree Hollow Trail, heading S.
- 1.2 miPass Fox Cabin Gap.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Appalachian Trail, heading SW.
- 150 ftBear right onto Big Firescald Bypass Trail, heading W.
- 1.4 miContinue straight onto Appalachian Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftPass Bearwallow Gap.
- 50 ftBear left onto Jerry Miller Trail, heading S.
- 0.5 miBear right onto Baxter Cliff Trail, heading SE.
- 0.3 miReach Baxter Cliff, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Jerry Miller Trail, heading N.
- 0.5 miBear right onto Appalachian Trail, heading W.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Big Firescald Bypass Trail, heading W.
- 1.4 miBear left onto Appalachian Trail, heading SE.
- 200 ftTurn left onto Beetree Hollow Trail, heading SE.
- 1.2 miBear left onto Round Knob Road, heading NE.
- 1.2 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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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:36 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:56 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:22 PM.
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- Toilets at the trailhead
More from Round Knob Road Trailhead
- Round Knob Road & Round Knob Trail 4 mi · ▲ 1,190 ft
- Fox Cabin Gap–Beetree Hollow Trail, 3 sights 4.9 mi · ▲ 1,313 ft
- Fox Cabin Gap–Beetree Hollow Trail, 4 sights 5.2 mi · ▲ 1,399 ft
- Little Firescald Knob–Blackstack Cliffs, 7 sights 8.2 mi · ▲ 1,801 ft
- Camp Creek Bald–Little Firescald Knob, 7 sights 11.6 mi · ▲ 2,255 ft
- Bearwallow Gap–Chestnutlog Gap, 8 sights 14.1 mi · ▲ 3,534 ft
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