Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Cucumber Gap Trail & Huskey Gap Trail
15.2 mi · ▲ 3,286 ft · 6 hr 43 min
Cucumber Gap Trail & Huskey Gap Trail is a 15.2-mile out-and-back in Great Smoky Mountains National Park near Fort Harry, TN. It climbs 3,286 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 69/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Cucumber Gap Trail & Huskey Gap Trail
15.2 mi · ▲ 3,286 ft · 6 hr 43 min
Elevation 1,789–3,153 ft
Out & Back · Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Trailhead: Jim Carr Place Quiet Walkway · 35.65801, -83.52008
Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 89°F / low 74° · precip 22% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 7:10 AM · sunset 7:58 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Jim Carr Place Quiet Walkway, heading SE.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Balsam Point Quiet Walkway, heading NE.
- 200 ftTurn left onto Riverview Quiet Walkway, heading NW.
- 0.8 miBear right onto Huskey Gap Trail, heading W.
- 4.1 miSharp right onto Little River Trail, heading SE.
- 0.4 miBear left onto Cucumber Gap Trail, heading NW.
- 2.3 miBear left onto Jakes Creek Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftReach Huskey Gap Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftBear right onto Cucumber Gap Trail, heading NW.
- 2.3 miBear right onto Little River Trail, heading E.
- 0.4 miSharp left onto Huskey Gap Trail, heading SE.
- 4.1 miBear left onto Riverview Quiet Walkway, heading NE.
- 0.8 miTurn right onto Balsam Point Quiet Walkway, heading SE.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 300 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 Jim Carr Place Quiet Walkway Trailhead
- Bullhead View Quiet Walkway via Riverview Quiet Walkway 2.6 mi · ▲ 428 ft
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