Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Cliff Top–Cliif Top Viewpoint, 4 summits
15.1 mi · ▲ 3,754 ft · 6 hr 55 min
Cliff Top–Cliif Top Viewpoint, 4 summits is a 15.1-mile out-and-back in Great Smoky Mountains National Park near Fort Harry, TN. The route passes Trillium Gap and Cliff Top before reaching Cliif Top Viewpoint at the turnaround, 7.6 miles in. It climbs 3,754 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 88/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Cliff Top–Cliif Top Viewpoint, 4 summits
15.1 mi · ▲ 3,754 ft · 6 hr 55 min
Elevation 2,957–6,550 ft
Out & Back · Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Trailhead: Trillium Gap Trail · 35.67817, -83.47158
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 7:09 AM · sunset 7:59 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Trillium Gap Trail, heading E.
- 3.9 miPass Trillium Gap.
- 3.5 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 100 ftSharp right onto Bull Head Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left onto Cliif Top Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miPass Cliif Top Viewpoint.
- 150 ftReach Cliff Top, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Bull Head Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading NE.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Trillium Gap Trail, heading E.
- 7.3 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 7.1 mi in (~272 min). Leave by 3:07 PM for the 7:59 PM sunset. Back at your car by 11:08 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Trillium Gap Trail Trailhead
- Trillium Gap Trail 2.2 mi · ▲ 422 ft
- Trillium Gap Trail 2.3 mi · ▲ 451 ft
- Trillium Gap Trail 2.5 mi · ▲ 415 ft
- Baskins Creek Falls & Baskins Creek Trail 4.3 mi · ▲ 1,187 ft
- Baskins Creek Trail 6.4 mi · ▲ 1,786 ft
- Trillium Gap–Alum Cave Trail Loop, 7 sights 15.2 mi · ▲ 4,080 ft
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