Crooked Arm Ridge Trail via Rich Mountain Loop Trail is a 6.5-mile out-and-back in Great Smoky Mountains National Park near Cades Cove, TN. It climbs 1,635 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 81/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi1,801 – 3,347 ft · steepest grade: 20%6.6 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 35.60545, -83.79626
Nearest town Cades Cove, TN
Directions
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Crooked Arm Ridge Trail via Rich Mountain Loop Trail
6.5 mi · ▲ 1,635 ft · 2 hr 59 min
Elevation 1,801–3,346 ft
Out & Back · Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Trailhead: 35.60545, -83.79626
Weather Sep 4: Mostly clear, high 92°F / low 77° · precip 5% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 7:10 AM · sunset 8:00 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto John Oliver Cabin access, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn right onto Rich Mountain Loop Trail, heading NE.
- 0.9 miTurn left onto Crooked Arm Ridge Trail, heading NE.
- 2.1 miReach Crooked Arm Ridge Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 2.1 miTurn right onto Rich Mountain Loop Trail, heading SW.
- 0.9 miTurn left onto John Oliver Cabin access, heading SW.
- 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
92% dirt8% unspecified
Weather
Mostly clearTemperature 92°F77°
Feels like85°Precip5%Wind4 mphUV7Humidity61%
Hourly temperature
95°75°
Sunrise 7:10 AM12 AM3 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:00 PM
Sat
95°77°
23%
Sun
88°70°
24%
Mon
80°66°
47%
Tue
87°64°
Wed
87°64°
Thu
89°67°
27%
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- John Oliver Cabin access via Rich Mountain Loop Trail 2 mi · ▲ 212 ft
- Rich Mountain Loop Trail 2.3 mi · ▲ 208 ft
- Double Mountain–Crooked Arm Ridge Trail, 5 sights 8.6 mi · ▲ 2,037 ft
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