Camp Creek Bald–Little Firescald Knob, 7 sights
11.6 mi · ▲ 2,255 ft · 5 hr
Camp Creek Bald–Little Firescald Knob, 7 sights is an 11.6-mile out-and-back near Greystone, TN. The route passes Fox Cabin Gap, Bearwallow Gap and Little Firescald Knob before reaching Camp Creek Bald at the turnaround, 5.8 miles in. It climbs 2,255 ft, with sections as steep as 24% grade. It scores 87/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Camp Creek Bald–Little Firescald Knob, 7 sights
11.6 mi · ▲ 2,255 ft · 5 hr
Elevation 3,089–4,796 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Round Knob Road · 36.06477, -82.68049
Weather Sep 4: Fog, high 84°F / low 71° · precip 7% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 7:06 AM · sunset 7:56 PM
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- Start on Round Knob Road, heading SE.
- 1.2 miBear right onto Beetree Hollow Trail, heading S.
- 1.2 miPass Fox Cabin Gap.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Appalachian Trail, heading SW.
- 150 ftBear right onto Big Firescald Bypass Trail, heading W.
- 1.4 miContinue straight onto Appalachian Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftPass Bearwallow Gap.
- 0.1 miPass Little Firescald Knob.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading S.
- 0.9 miTurn right onto Jones Meadow Trail, heading W.
- 400 ftSharp left onto Camp Creek Bald Road, heading S.
- 0.7 miReach Camp Creek Bald, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.7 miSharp right onto Jones Meadow Trail, heading NE.
- 450 ftTurn left onto Appalachian Trail, heading E.
- 0.9 miBear right, heading NE.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Big Firescald Bypass Trail, heading N.
- 1.4 miBear left onto Appalachian Trail, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Beetree Hollow Trail, heading NE.
- 1.2 miBear left onto Round Knob Road, heading NE.
- 1.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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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.
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- Toilets at the trailhead
More from Round Knob Road Trailhead
- Round Knob Road & Round Knob Trail 4 mi · ▲ 1,190 ft
- Fox Cabin Gap–Beetree Hollow Trail, 3 sights 4.9 mi · ▲ 1,313 ft
- Fox Cabin Gap–Beetree Hollow Trail, 4 sights 5.2 mi · ▲ 1,399 ft
- Little Firescald Knob–Blackstack Cliffs, 7 sights 8.2 mi · ▲ 1,801 ft
- Baxter Cliff–Bearwallow Gap, 7 sights 9.3 mi · ▲ 1,926 ft
- Bearwallow Gap–Chestnutlog Gap, 8 sights 14.1 mi · ▲ 3,534 ft
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