Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Bote Mountain Trail & Finley Cane Trail

3 mi · ▲ 415 ft · 1 hr 12 min

Bote Mountain Trail & Finley Cane Trail is a 3-mile out-and-back in Great Smoky Mountains National Park near Red Bank, TN. It climbs 415 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 89/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi1,585 – 2,024 ft3.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Bote Mountain Trail 35.62820, -83.72549
Nearest town Red Bank, TN

Directions

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Bote Mountain Trail & Finley Cane Trail

3 mi · ▲ 415 ft · 1 hr 12 min

Elevation 1,586–2,024 ft

Out & Back · Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Trailhead: Bote Mountain Trail · 35.62820, -83.72549

Weather Sep 4: Mostly clear, high 93°F / low 76° · precip 6% · wind 1 mph · sunrise 7:10 AM · sunset 8:00 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Bote Mountain Trail, heading E.
  2. 1.5 miSharp left onto Finley Cane Trail, heading NE.
  3. 50 ftReach Bote Mountain Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  4. 50 ftSharp right onto Bote Mountain Trail, heading N.
  5. 1.5 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Mostly clearTemperature 93°F76°
Feels like87°Precip6%Wind1 mphUV7Humidity63%
Hourly temperature
95°75°
Sunrise 7:10 AM12 AM3 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:00 PM
Sat 96°76° 25%
Sun 88°70° 28%
Mon 81°67° 47%
Tue 86°66°
Wed 88°67°
Thu 90°70° 29%

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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