Camp Creek Bald via Appalachian Trail
2.1 mi · ▲ 364 ft · 53 min
Camp Creek Bald via Appalachian Trail is a 2.1-mile out-and-back near Bethany, TN. The route reaches Camp Creek Bald at the turnaround, 0.8 miles in. It climbs 364 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade. It scores 83/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Camp Creek Bald via Appalachian Trail
2.1 mi · ▲ 364 ft · 53 min
Elevation 4,399–4,797 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 36.03078, -82.71333
Weather Sep 4: Fog, high 78°F / low 63° · precip 6% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 7:06 AM · sunset 7:56 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Camp Creek Bald Road, heading SW.
- 0.6 miPass Camp Creek Bald.
- 250 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Camp Creek Bald Firetower Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miSharp left onto Appalachian Trail, heading S.
- 0.8 miTurn left onto Jones Meadow Trail, heading N.
- 450 ftSharp left onto Camp Creek Bald Road, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn right, 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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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:36 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:56 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:22 PM.
More from this trailhead
- Appalachian Trail 2.2 mi · ▲ 258 ft
- Appalachian Trail 2.3 mi · ▲ 287 ft
- Blackstack Cliffs via Appalachian Trail 2.4 mi · ▲ 369 ft
- Appalachian Trail 2.6 mi · ▲ 258 ft
- Little Firescald Knob & Bearwallow Gap via Appalachian Trail 2.7 mi · ▲ 352 ft
- Jones Meadow Access Trail via Appalachian Trail 2.9 mi · ▲ 407 ft
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