Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Deep Creek Horse Trail–Deep Creek Trail, 3 sights
4 mi · ▲ 290 ft · 1 hr 29 min
Deep Creek Horse Trail–Deep Creek Trail, 3 sights is a 4-mile out-and-back in Great Smoky Mountains National Park near Lackey Hill, NC. It climbs 290 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 72/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Deep Creek Horse Trail–Deep Creek Trail, 3 sights
4 mi · ▲ 290 ft · 1 hr 29 min
Elevation 1,810–2,020 ft
Out & Back · Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Trailhead: Deep Creek Horse Trailer Parking · 35.45953, -83.43838
Weather Sep 4: Fog, high 93°F / low 69° · precip 11% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 7:09 AM · sunset 7:58 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Deep Creek Horse Trailer Parking, heading NW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Noland Divide Trail, heading NW.
- 250 ftSharp right onto Deep Creek Horse Trail, heading NE.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Juney Whank Falls Trail, heading NE.
- 300 ftSharp left onto West Deep Creek Road, heading SE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Deep Creek Trail, heading SE.
- 1.2 miContinue straight onto Stone Pile Gap Trail, heading E.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto Indian Creek Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miReach Deep Creek Horse Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Stone Pile Gap Trail, heading S.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto Indian Creek Trail, heading SW.
- 1.2 miContinue straight onto West Deep Creek Road, heading SW.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Juney Whank Falls Trail, heading SW.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Deep Creek Horse Trail, heading SW.
- 0.4 miSharp left onto Noland Divide Trail, heading SW.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Deep Creek Horse Trailer Parking, heading SW.
- 50 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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- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Deep Creek Horse Trailer Parking Trailhead
- Juney Whank Falls & Deep Creek Horse Trail 3.7 mi · ▲ 719 ft
- Lonesome Pine Overlook & Noland Divide Trail 6.8 mi · ▲ 2,292 ft
- Upper Sassafras Gap & Noland Divide Trail 15.1 mi · ▲ 3,656 ft
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