AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Big Fill Road & Rocky Top Road

15.1 mi · ▲ 2,017 ft · 6 hr 3 min

Big Fill Road & Rocky Top Road is a 15.1-mile out-and-back near Bat Harbor, TN. It climbs 2,017 ft. It scores 85/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi1,785 – 2,395 ft15.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Rocky Top Road 35.93022, -83.10970
Nearest town Bat Harbor, TN
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Big Fill Road & Rocky Top Road

15.1 mi · ▲ 2,017 ft · 6 hr 3 min

Elevation 1,784–2,396 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Rocky Top Road · 35.93022, -83.10970

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 7:07 AM · sunset 7:58 PM

  1. Start on Rocky Top Road, heading SE.
  2. 2.8 miTurn right, heading W.
  3. 0.1 miTurn right onto Big Fill Road, heading NW.
  4. 4.7 miTurn left onto Halls Top Road, heading SW.
  5. 100 ftReach Rocky Top Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 150 ftTurn right onto Big Fill Road, heading S.
  7. 2.9 miBear left, heading N.
  8. 1.8 miTurn left onto Rocky Top Road, heading N.
  9. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
  10. 2.8 miArrive 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/big-fill-road-rocky-top-road-out-back-24-km

Weather

Sunrise 7:07 AMSunset 7:58 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~6 min). Leave by 7:32 PM for the 7:58 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:16 PM — 8 min before dark. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint

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