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Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Chestnut Top Trail & Scott Mountain Trail

15.8 mi · ▲ 3,470 ft · 7 hr

Chestnut Top Trail & Scott Mountain Trail is a 15.8-mile out-and-back in Great Smoky Mountains National Park near Bethel, TN. It climbs 3,470 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 70/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi1,139 – 3,304 ft15.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Chestnut Top Trail Trailhead 35.66054, -83.70899
Nearest town Bethel, TN
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Chestnut Top Trail & Scott Mountain Trail

15.8 mi · ▲ 3,470 ft · 7 hr

Elevation 1,137–3,305 ft

Out & Back · Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Trailhead: Chestnut Top Trail Trailhead · 35.66054, -83.70899

Weather Sep 4: Mostly clear, high 95°F / low 76° · precip 3% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 7:10 AM · sunset 8:00 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Chestnut Top Trail, heading NW.
  2. 4.2 miSharp right onto Schoolhouse Gap Trail, heading NW.
  3. 3.7 miReach Chestnut Top Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  4. 3.7 miSharp left onto Chestnut Top Trail, heading N.
  5. 4.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/chestnut-top-trail-out-back-7fd6

Trail surface

98% dirt2% unspecified

Weather

Mostly clearTemperature 95°F76°
Feels like90°Precip3%Wind3 mphUV7Humidity62%
Hourly temperature
95°75°
Sunrise 7:10 AM12 AM3 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:00 PM
Sat 98°78° 24%
Sun 89°72° 25%
Mon 83°69° 46%
Tue 87°68°
Wed 89°69°
Thu 92°72° 28%

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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