Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Davenport Gap & Chestnut Branch Trail via Appalachian Trail

7.8 mi · ▲ 2,113 ft · 3 hr 39 min

Davenport Gap & Chestnut Branch Trail via Appalachian Trail is a 7.8-mile out-and-back in Great Smoky Mountains National Park near Waterville, NC. The route reaches Davenport Gap. It climbs 2,113 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 76/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi1,624 – 2,891 ft · steepest grade: 22%7.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Appalachian Trail 35.77062, -83.11108
Nearest town Waterville, NC

Directions

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Davenport Gap & Chestnut Branch Trail via Appalachian Trail

7.8 mi · ▲ 2,113 ft · 3 hr 39 min

Elevation 1,625–2,891 ft

Out & Back · Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Trailhead: Appalachian Trail · 35.77062, -83.11108

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 7:08 AM · sunset 7:57 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Appalachian Trail, heading W.
  2. 50 ftPass Davenport Gap.
  3. 0.9 miBear left onto Davenport Gap Shelter access, heading W.
  4. 50 ftBear left onto Appalachian Trail, heading SW.
  5. 1 miTurn left onto Chestnut Branch Trail, heading SE.
  6. 2 miReach Davenport Gap, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 2 miTurn right onto Appalachian Trail, heading NE.
  8. 1 miBear right onto Davenport Gap Shelter access, heading E.
  9. 50 ftBear right onto Appalachian Trail, heading E.
  10. 0.8 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

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 7:08 AMSunset 7:57 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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