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Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Boogerman Trail–Caldwell Fork Trail, 3 sights

11.4 mi · ▲ 1,178 ft · 4 hr 23 min

Boogerman Trail–Caldwell Fork Trail, 3 sights is an 11.4-mile out-and-back in Great Smoky Mountains National Park near Nellie, NC. It climbs 1,178 ft, with sections as steep as 27% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 91/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi2,628 – 3,694 ft · steepest grade: 27%11.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Cataloochee Horse Trail 35.62649, -83.11229
Nearest town Nellie, NC
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Boogerman Trail–Caldwell Fork Trail, 3 sights

11.4 mi · ▲ 1,178 ft · 4 hr 23 min

Elevation 2,629–3,694 ft

Out & Back · Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Trailhead: Cataloochee Horse Trail · 35.62649, -83.11229

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 7:08 AM · sunset 7:57 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Cataloochee Horse Trail, heading E.
  2. 4.7 miReach Cataloochee Horse Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  3. 0.4 miTurn right onto Boogerman Trail, heading E.
  4. 4 miSharp right onto Caldwell Fork Trail, heading N.
  5. 2.3 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/boogerman-trail-out-back

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 7:08 AMSunset 7:57 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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