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Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Buckhorn Gap–Lumber Ridge Trail, 4 sights

14.7 mi · ▲ 2,947 ft · 6 hr 22 min

Buckhorn Gap–Lumber Ridge Trail, 4 sights is a 14.7-mile out-and-back in Great Smoky Mountains National Park near Greenbrier, TN. The route reaches Buckhorn Gap. It climbs 2,947 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 71/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi1,401 – 2,628 ft14.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Meigs Creek Trail Trailhead 35.66948, -83.66209
Nearest town Greenbrier, TN
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Buckhorn Gap–Lumber Ridge Trail, 4 sights

14.7 mi · ▲ 2,947 ft · 6 hr 22 min

Elevation 1,400–2,628 ft

Out & Back · Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Trailhead: Meigs Creek Trail Trailhead · 35.66948, -83.66209

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 7:11 AM · sunset 7:58 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Meigs Creek Trail, heading S.
  2. 3.3 miPass Buckhorn Gap.
  3. 50 ftBear left onto Meigs Mountain Trail, heading W.
  4. 100 ftBear right onto Lumber Ridge Trail, heading N.
  5. 4.1 miReach Buckhorn Gap, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 4.1 miBear left onto Meigs Mountain Trail, heading E.
  7. 100 ftBear right onto Meigs Creek Trail, heading SE.
  8. 3.2 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/buckhorn-gap-out-back

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 7:11 AMSunset 7:58 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

Hikes near Greenbrier, Tennessee