Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Chestnut Top Trail–Schoolhouse Gap Trail, 3 sights
12.5 mi · ▲ 2,168 ft · 5 hr 15 min
Chestnut Top Trail–Schoolhouse Gap Trail, 3 sights is a 12.5-mile out-and-back in Great Smoky Mountains National Park near Red Bank, TN. The route reaches Dosey Gap. It climbs 2,168 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 63/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Chestnut Top Trail–Schoolhouse Gap Trail, 3 sights
12.5 mi · ▲ 2,168 ft · 5 hr 15 min
Elevation 1,137–2,358 ft
Out & Back · Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Trailhead: Schoolhouse Gap Trailhead · 35.62718, -83.72660
Weather Sep 4: Mostly clear, high 93°F / low 76° · precip 6% · wind 1 mph · sunrise 7:10 AM · sunset 8:00 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Schoolhouse Gap Trail, heading NE.
- 1.1 miPass Dosey Gap.
- 1 miBear right onto Chestnut Top Trail, heading N.
- 4.2 miReach Schoolhouse Gap Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 4.2 miBear left onto Schoolhouse Gap Trail, heading SE.
- 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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- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Schoolhouse Gap Trailhead Trailhead
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- Schoolhouse Gap Trail & Dosey Gap 4.1 mi · ▲ 480 ft
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