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Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Beech Gap Trail

7.3 mi · ▲ 2,069 ft · 3 hr 28 min

Beech Gap Trail is a 7.3-mile out-and-back in Great Smoky Mountains National Park near Three Forks, NC. It climbs 2,069 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 90/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi3,101 – 5,125 ft · steepest grade: 17%7.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Beech Gap Trail 35.62117, -83.21087
Nearest town Three Forks, NC
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Beech Gap Trail

7.3 mi · ▲ 2,069 ft · 3 hr 28 min

Elevation 3,100–5,126 ft

Out & Back · Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Trailhead: Beech Gap Trail · 35.62117, -83.21087

Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 86°F / low 66° · precip 13% · wind 0 mph · sunrise 7:08 AM · sunset 7:58 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Beech Gap Trailhead Parking #1, heading NW.
  2. 50 ftBear left onto Beech Gap Trail, heading NW.
  3. 2.8 miSharp right onto Hyatt Ridge Trail, heading N.
  4. 0.9 miReach Beech Gap Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 0.9 miSharp left onto Beech Gap Trail, heading NE.
  6. 2.8 miBear right onto Beech Gap Trailhead Parking #1, heading SE.
  7. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/beech-gap-trail-out-back

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

OvercastTemperature 86°F66°
Precip13%Wind0 mphUV7Humidity87%
Hourly temperature
90°65°
Sunrise 7:08 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 7:58 PM
Sat 88°69° 24%
Sun 83°65° 29%
Mon 75°62° 45%
Tue 80°59°
Wed 82°61°
Thu 83°65° 23%

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

Hikes near Three Forks, North Carolina