Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Cooper Road Trail & Wet Bottom Trail
2.4 mi · ▲ 119 ft · 52 min
Cooper Road Trail & Wet Bottom Trail is a 2.4-mile out-and-back in Great Smoky Mountains National Park near Cades Cove, TN. It is mostly level, with 119 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 78/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Cooper Road Trail & Wet Bottom Trail
2.4 mi · ▲ 119 ft · 52 min
Elevation 1,700–1,832 ft
Out & Back · Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Trailhead: Cooper Road Trail · 35.60009, -83.84273
Weather Sep 4: Mostly clear, high 92°F / low 75° · precip 4% · wind 2 mph · sunrise 7:11 AM · sunset 8:00 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Cooper Trail Parking, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left onto Cooper Road Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Wet Bottom Trail, heading S.
- 1 miTurn left onto Abrams Falls Trail, heading SE.
- 300 ftSharp left onto Abrams Falls Parking Lot, heading NW.
- 50 ftReach Cooper Road Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Abrams Falls Trail, heading N.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Wet Bottom Trail, heading NW.
- 1 miSharp right onto Cooper Road Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Cooper Trail Parking, heading E.
- 50 ftArrive 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 Cooper Road Trail Trailhead
- Abrams Falls Trail–Hatcher Mountain Trail, 3 sights 10.2 mi · ▲ 1,037 ft
- Beard Cane Trail–Wet Bottom Trail, 3 sights 14.8 mi · ▲ 2,538 ft
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