Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Bell Branch Concession Horse Trail & Engine Creek Trail via Grapeyard Ridge Trail
9.2 mi · ▲ 2,110 ft · 4 hr 7 min
Bell Branch Concession Horse Trail & Engine Creek Trail via Grapeyard Ridge Trail is a 9.2-mile out-and-back in Great Smoky Mountains National Park near Pinnacle, TN. It climbs 2,110 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade. It scores 77/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Bell Branch Concession Horse Trail & Engine Creek Trail via Grapeyard Ridge Trail
9.2 mi · ▲ 2,110 ft · 4 hr 7 min
Elevation 1,434–2,774 ft
Out & Back · Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Trailhead: Engine Creek Trail · 35.72944, -83.40545
Weather Sep 4: Clear, high 92°F / low 75° · precip 3% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 7:09 AM · sunset 7:59 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Engine Creek Trail, heading W.
- 2 miTurn right onto Grapeyard Ridge Trail, heading NW.
- 1.6 miBear right onto Big Dudley Concession Horse Trail, heading NE.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Little Dudley Concession Horse Trail, heading W.
- 0.4 miSharp left onto Bell Branch Concession Horse Trail, heading W.
- 300 ftReach Engine Creek Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 300 ftSharp right, heading N.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Little Dudley Concession Horse Trail, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Big Dudley Concession Horse Trail, heading E.
- 0.5 miBear left onto Grapeyard Ridge Trail, heading S.
- 1.6 miTurn left onto Engine Creek Trail, heading E.
- 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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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- E E McCarter Cemetery & Engine Creek Trail 3.2 mi · ▲ 532 ft
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