Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Cliff Top–Cliif Top Viewpoint, 5 sights
14 mi · ▲ 4,091 ft · 6 hr 43 min
Cliff Top–Cliif Top Viewpoint, 5 sights is a 14-mile out-and-back in Great Smoky Mountains National Park near Fort Harry, TN. The route passes Cliff Top before reaching Cliif Top Viewpoint at the turnaround, 7 miles in. It climbs 4,091 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 87/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Cliff Top–Cliif Top Viewpoint, 5 sights
14 mi · ▲ 4,091 ft · 6 hr 43 min
Elevation 2,616–6,550 ft
Out & Back · Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Trailhead: Baskins Creek Trail Trailhead · 35.67703, -83.47850
Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 85°F / low 72° · precip 4% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 7:09 AM · sunset 7:59 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Trillium Gap Trail, heading SW.
- 0.6 miSharp left onto Rainbow Falls Trail, heading S.
- 5.7 miSharp left onto Bull Head Trail, heading E.
- 0.5 miBear left onto Alum Cave Trail, heading SE.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Bull Head Trail, heading SE.
- 350 ftSharp right onto Cliif Top Trail, heading SE.
- 0.1 miPass Cliif Top Viewpoint.
- 150 ftReach Cliff Top, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Bull Head Trail, heading NE.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Alum Cave Trail, heading E.
- 100 ftBear right onto Bull Head Trail, heading NW.
- 0.5 miSharp right onto Rainbow Falls Trail, heading W.
- 5.7 miSharp right onto Trillium Gap Trail, heading NW.
- 0.5 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 Baskins Creek Trail Trailhead Trailhead
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- Old Sugarlands Trail 4.6 mi · ▲ 818 ft
- Grassy Branch Concession Horse Trail & Old Sugarlands Trail 7.6 mi · ▲ 1,431 ft
- Bull Head Trail–Old Sugarlands Trail Loop, 3 sights 13.1 mi · ▲ 3,767 ft
- Brushy Mountain–Trillium Gap Loop, 4 sights 15.5 mi · ▲ 4,100 ft
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