Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Cucumber Gap Trail–Huskey Gap Trail, 3 sights
15.3 mi · ▲ 3,431 ft · 6 hr 49 min
Cucumber Gap Trail–Huskey Gap Trail, 3 sights is a 15.3-mile out-and-back in Great Smoky Mountains National Park near Elkmont, TN. It climbs 3,431 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 76/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Cucumber Gap Trail–Huskey Gap Trail, 3 sights
15.3 mi · ▲ 3,431 ft · 6 hr 49 min
Elevation 1,723–3,153 ft
Out & Back · Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Trailhead: Jakes Creek Trail Trailhead · 35.65201, -83.58122
Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 89°F / low 74° · precip 6% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 7:10 AM · sunset 7:59 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Jakes Creek Trail, heading S.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Cucumber Gap Trail, heading SE.
- 2.3 miBear right onto Little River Trail, heading SE.
- 0.4 miSharp left onto Huskey Gap Trail, heading NW.
- 4.1 miTurn left onto Riverview Quiet Walkway, heading SE.
- 0.3 miReach Jakes Creek Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Huskey Gap Trail, heading S.
- 4.1 miSharp right onto Little River Trail, heading S.
- 0.4 miBear left onto Cucumber Gap Trail, heading N.
- 2.3 miTurn right onto Jakes Creek Trail, heading NW.
- 0.6 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 Jakes Creek Trail Trailhead Trailhead
- Little River Trail 4.6 mi · ▲ 360 ft
- Buckhorn Gap–Jakes Creek Trail, 3 sights 13.1 mi · ▲ 1,952 ft
- Jakes Gap–Jakes Creek Trail, 5 sights 13.6 mi · ▲ 3,577 ft
- Little River Trail & Rough Creek Trail 14.2 mi · ▲ 2,090 ft
- Fighting Creek Gap–Huskey Gap Trail, 4 sights 15.6 mi · ▲ 2,703 ft
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