Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Bell Branch Concession Horse Trail & Grapeyard Ridge Trail

11.4 mi · ▲ 2,442 ft · 5 hr 1 min

Bell Branch Concession Horse Trail & Grapeyard Ridge Trail is an 11.4-mile out-and-back in Great Smoky Mountains National Park near Pinnacle, TN. It climbs 2,442 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 82/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi1,677 – 2,772 ft11.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Grapeyard Ridge Trail 35.70797, -83.38266
Nearest town Pinnacle, TN

Directions

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Bell Branch Concession Horse Trail & Grapeyard Ridge Trail

11.4 mi · ▲ 2,442 ft · 5 hr 1 min

Elevation 1,676–2,774 ft

Out & Back · Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Trailhead: Grapeyard Ridge Trail · 35.70797, -83.38266

Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 89°F / low 76° · precip 4% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 7:09 AM · sunset 7:58 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Grapeyard Ridge Trail, heading SW.
  2. 150 ftSharp right onto Friendship Baptist Church Cemetery Access, heading N.
  3. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Grapeyard Ridge Trail, heading SW.
  4. 4.5 miBear right onto Big Dudley Concession Horse Trail, heading N.
  5. 0.5 miTurn left onto Little Dudley Concession Horse Trail, heading NW.
  6. 0.4 miSharp left onto Bell Branch Concession Horse Trail, heading NW.
  7. 300 ftReach Grapeyard Ridge Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 300 ftSharp right, heading S.
  9. 300 ftContinue straight onto Little Dudley Concession Horse Trail, heading SE.
  10. 0.3 miTurn right onto Big Dudley Concession Horse Trail, heading E.
  11. 0.5 miBear left onto Grapeyard Ridge Trail, heading S.
  12. 4.5 miContinue straight onto Friendship Baptist Church Cemetery Access, heading NE.
  13. 0.2 miSharp left onto Grapeyard Ridge Trail, heading E.
  14. 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 surface

83% dirt17% unspecified

Weather

OvercastTemperature 89°F76°
Feels like82°Precip4%Wind7 mphUV7Humidity62%
Hourly temperature
90°75°
Sunrise 7:09 AM12 AM3 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 7:58 PM
Sat 88°77° 27%
Sun 86°70° 33%
Mon 82°67° 44%
Tue 84°64°
Wed 88°66°
Thu 90°68° 28%

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