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Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Board Camp Gap & Springhouse Branch Trail

13.5 mi · ▲ 2,239 ft · 5 hr 37 min

Board Camp Gap & Springhouse Branch Trail is a 13.5-mile out-and-back in Great Smoky Mountains National Park near Roundhill, NC. The route reaches Board Camp Gap at the turnaround, 6.7 miles in. It climbs 2,239 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 96/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi1,811 – 3,963 ft · steepest grade: 17%13.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Noland Creek Trailhead 35.45782, -83.52666
Nearest town Roundhill, NC
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Board Camp Gap & Springhouse Branch Trail

13.5 mi · ▲ 2,239 ft · 5 hr 37 min

Elevation 1,810–3,963 ft

Out & Back · Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Trailhead: Noland Creek Trailhead · 35.45782, -83.52666

Weather Sep 5: Fog, high 92°F / low 68° · precip 13% · wind 0 mph · sunrise 7:10 AM · sunset 7:59 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Noland Creek Trail, heading SW.
  2. 4 miTurn left onto Springhouse Branch Trail, heading NE.
  3. 2.7 miReach Board Camp Gap, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  4. 2.7 miTurn right onto Noland Creek Trail, heading SW.
  5. 4 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/board-camp-gap-out-back

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

FogTemperature 92°F68°
Precip13%Wind0 mphUV7Humidity90%
Hourly temperature
95°65°
Sunrise 7:10 AM12 AM3 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 7:59 PM
Sat 94°70° 19%
Sun 90°70° 23%
Mon 80°66° 30%
Tue 86°62°
Wed 88°62°
Thu 90°64° 25%

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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