Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Crooked Arm Ridge Trail–Rich Mountain Loop Trail, 4 sights
14.6 mi · ▲ 3,559 ft · 6 hr 39 min
Crooked Arm Ridge Trail–Rich Mountain Loop Trail, 4 sights is a 14.6-mile out-and-back in Great Smoky Mountains National Park near Red Bank, TN. The route reaches Dosey Gap at the turnaround, 7.3 miles in. It climbs 3,559 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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Crooked Arm Ridge Trail–Rich Mountain Loop Trail, 4 sights
14.6 mi · ▲ 3,559 ft · 6 hr 39 min
Elevation 1,811–3,346 ft
Out & Back · Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Trailhead: 35.60582, -83.77769
Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 92°F / low 76° · precip 20% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 7:11 AM · sunset 7:59 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Crooked Arm Ridge Trail, heading NE.
- 2.1 miBear right onto Schoolhouse Gap Trail, heading NE.
- 4.7 miPass Dosey Gap.
- 50 ftReach Rich Mountain Loop Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 4.7 miBear left onto Crooked Arm Ridge Trail, heading SW.
- 2.1 miTurn left onto Rich Mountain Loop Trail, heading SW.
- 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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- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Rich Mountain Loop Trail 2.8 mi · ▲ 200 ft
- Double Mountain–Crooked Arm Ridge Trail, 5 sights 13.3 mi · ▲ 3,639 ft
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