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.
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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
- Start on Appalachian Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftPass Davenport Gap.
- 0.9 miBear left onto Davenport Gap Shelter access, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left onto Appalachian Trail, heading SW.
- 1 miTurn left onto Chestnut Branch Trail, heading SE.
- 2 miReach Davenport Gap, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 2 miTurn right onto Appalachian Trail, heading NE.
- 1 miBear right onto Davenport Gap Shelter access, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right onto Appalachian Trail, heading E.
- 0.8 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Appalachian Trail Trailhead
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