Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Cades Cove Horse Trail–Crib Gap Trail, 3 sights
7.9 mi · ▲ 1,108 ft · 3 hr 11 min
Cades Cove Horse Trail–Crib Gap Trail, 3 sights is a 7.9-mile out-and-back in Great Smoky Mountains National Park near Red Bank, TN. It climbs 1,108 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 77/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Cades Cove Horse Trail–Crib Gap Trail, 3 sights
7.9 mi · ▲ 1,108 ft · 3 hr 11 min
Elevation 1,756–2,222 ft
Out & Back · Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Trailhead: Turkeypen Ridge Trail Trailhead · 35.60651, -83.74487
Weather Sep 4: Mostly clear, high 92°F / low 77° · precip 6% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 7:10 AM · sunset 8:00 PM
- Start on Turkeypen Ridge Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Crib Gap Trail, heading SW.
- 1.6 miSharp left onto Anthony Creek Trail, heading SE.
- 0.6 miSharp right onto Cades Cove Horse Trail, heading W.
- 1.5 miReach Turkeypen Ridge Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.6 miSharp left onto Anthony Creek Trail, heading N.
- 0.6 miSharp right onto Crib Gap Trail, heading NW.
- 1.6 miTurn right onto Turkeypen Ridge Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 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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