Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Cabin Flats Trail–Dry Sluice Gap Trail, 4 sights
15.2 mi · ▲ 4,913 ft · 7 hr 31 min
Cabin Flats Trail–Dry Sluice Gap Trail, 4 sights is a 15.2-mile out-and-back in Great Smoky Mountains National Park near Bryson Place, NC. It climbs 4,913 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 85/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Cabin Flats Trail–Dry Sluice Gap Trail, 4 sights
15.2 mi · ▲ 4,913 ft · 7 hr 31 min
Elevation 2,724–5,296 ft
Out & Back · Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Trailhead: Kephart Prong Trail Trailhead · 35.58574, -83.35833
Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 86°F / low 66° · precip 9% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 7:09 AM · sunset 7:58 PM
Horses allowed on the whole route · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Kephart Prong Trail, heading N.
- 2 miBear right onto Grassy Branch Trail, heading NE.
- 2.6 miTurn right onto Dry Sluice Gap Trail, heading SE.
- 2.8 miTurn right onto Cabin Flats Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miReach Kephart Prong Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Dry Sluice Gap Trail, heading W.
- 2.8 miTurn left onto Grassy Branch Trail, heading W.
- 2.6 miBear left onto Kephart Prong Trail, heading S.
- 1.9 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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- Horses allowed on the whole route
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Kephart Prong Trail Trailhead Trailhead
- Kephart Prong Trail 3.9 mi · ▲ 837 ft
- Charlies Bunyon–Dry Sluice Gap, 5 sights 12.6 mi · ▲ 3,291 ft
- The Jumpoff–Boulevard Trail, 5 sights 13.9 mi · ▲ 3,672 ft
- Newfound Gap Overlook–Kephart Prong Trail, 3 sights 14.4 mi · ▲ 3,978 ft
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