Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Brushy Mountain Trail & Porters Creek Trail
7 mi · ▲ 1,505 ft · 3 hr 5 min
Brushy Mountain Trail & Porters Creek Trail is a 7-mile out-and-back in Great Smoky Mountains National Park near Pinnacle, TN. It climbs 1,505 ft, with sections as steep as 15% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 93/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Brushy Mountain Trail & Porters Creek Trail
7 mi · ▲ 1,505 ft · 3 hr 5 min
Elevation 1,886–3,417 ft
Out & Back · Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Trailhead: Porters Creek Trail · 35.69679, -83.38822
Weather Sep 4: Light drizzle, high 88°F / low 75° · precip 5% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 7:09 AM · sunset 7:58 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Porters Creek Trail, heading SW.
- 0.9 miTurn left onto Brushy Mountain Trail, heading SE.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Porters Creek Trail, heading SE.
- 2.6 miReach Porters Creek Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 2.6 miContinue straight onto Brushy Mountain Trail, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Porters Creek Trail, heading NW.
- 0.8 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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- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Porters Creek Trail Trailhead
- Brushy Mountain–Trillium Gap, 3 summits 11.3 mi · ▲ 3,020 ft
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