Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Davenport Gap via Appalachian Trail
3.8 mi · ▲ 868 ft · 1 hr 42 min
Davenport Gap via Appalachian Trail is a 3.8-mile out-and-back in Great Smoky Mountains National Park near Waterville, NC. The route reaches Davenport Gap. It climbs 868 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 69/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Davenport Gap via Appalachian Trail
3.8 mi · ▲ 868 ft · 1 hr 42 min
Elevation 2,001–2,891 ft
Out & Back · Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Trailhead: Appalachian Trail · 35.77062, -83.11108
Weather Sep 4: Clear, high 89°F / low 73° · precip 3% · wind 2 mph · sunrise 7:08 AM · sunset 7:57 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Appalachian Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftPass Davenport Gap.
- 1.9 miReach Davenport Gap, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.9 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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- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Appalachian Trail Trailhead
- Davenport Gap & Chestnut Branch Trail via Appalachian Trail 7.8 mi · ▲ 2,113 ft
- Mount Cammerer–Davenport Gap, 3 summits 11.2 mi · ▲ 3,091 ft
- Low Gap & Davenport Gap via Appalachian Trail 14.1 mi · ▲ 3,834 ft
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