Lamar Alexander Rocky Fork State Park
Big Butt–Sarvis Cove Sunset Point, 7 sights
14.2 mi · ▲ 2,768 ft · 6 hr 7 min
Big Butt–Sarvis Cove Sunset Point, 7 sights is a 14.2-mile out-and-back in Lamar Alexander Rocky Fork State Park near Rocky Fork, TN. The route passes Flint Gap and Big Butt before reaching Sarvis Cove Sunset Point at the turnaround, 7.1 miles in. It climbs 2,768 ft, with sections as steep as 27% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 89/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Big Butt–Sarvis Cove Sunset Point, 7 sights
14.2 mi · ▲ 2,768 ft · 6 hr 7 min
Elevation 2,384–4,813 ft
Out & Back · Lamar Alexander Rocky Fork State Park
Trailhead: Rocky Fork Trail · 36.04771, -82.55920
Weather Sep 4: Light drizzle, high 89°F / low 69° · precip 8% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 7:05 AM · sunset 7:55 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Rocky Fork Trail, heading W.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Flint Creek Trail, heading W.
- 1 miContinue straight onto Blockstand Creek Access Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Flint Creek Trail, heading W.
- 1.3 miPass Flint Gap.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Appalachian Trail, heading N.
- 2.1 miBear left onto Shelton Graves Trail, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Big Butt Road, heading NW.
- 1.3 miContinue straight onto Appalachian Trail, heading NW.
- 500 ftContinue straight onto Big Butt Road, heading NW.
- 0.1 miPass Big Butt.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Appalachian Trail, heading N.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Big Butt Bypass Trail, heading N.
- 450 ftBear right onto Appalachian Trail, heading W.
- 250 ftBear left onto Big Butt Road, heading W.
- 100 ftBear right onto Appalachian Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Big Butt Road, heading W.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Horse Creek Road, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Sarvis Cove Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftPass Sarvis Cove Sunset Point.
- 250 ftReach Big Butt, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Horse Creek Road, heading SW.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Big Butt Road, heading NW.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Appalachian Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Big Butt Road, heading NE.
- 100 ftBear right onto Appalachian Trail, heading NE.
- 250 ftBear left onto Big Butt Bypass Trail, heading NE.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Appalachian Trail, heading NE.
- 100 ftTurn right onto Big Butt Road, heading E.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Appalachian Trail, heading E.
- 500 ftContinue straight onto Big Butt Road, heading E.
- 1.3 miTurn left onto Shelton Graves Trail, heading S.
- 200 ftBear right onto Appalachian Trail, heading S.
- 2.1 miTurn left onto Flint Creek Trail, heading SW.
- 1.3 miContinue straight onto Blockstand Creek Access Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Flint Creek Trail, heading NE.
- 1 miContinue straight onto Rocky Fork Trail, heading E.
- 0.4 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 4.8 mi in (~177 min). Leave by 4:39 PM for the 7:55 PM sunset. Back at your car by 10:07 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Rocky Fork Trail Trailhead
- Whitehouse Cliffs & Whitehouse Cliffs Trail 1.9 mi · ▲ 933 ft
- Rocky Fork Trail & White Oak Flats Trail 3.6 mi · ▲ 614 ft
- Blockstand Creek Access Trail–Flint Creek Trail, 3 sights 4.9 mi · ▲ 941 ft
- Birchfield Camp Trail–Rocky Fork Trail, 3 sights 11.1 mi · ▲ 2,276 ft
- Flint Gap–Blockstand Creek Access Trail Loop, 6 sights 14.1 mi · ▲ 2,568 ft
- Blockstand Creek Access Trail–Flint Creek Trail, 4 sights 14.7 mi · ▲ 2,693 ft
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