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Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Doe Knob–Buck Gap, 4 saddles

13.6 mi · ▲ 3,588 ft · 6 hr 20 min

Doe Knob–Buck Gap, 4 saddles is a 13.6-mile out-and-back in Great Smoky Mountains National Park near Cades Cove, TN. The route passes Rich Gap and Doe Knob before reaching Buck Gap at the turnaround, 6.8 miles in. It climbs 3,588 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 96/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi1,942 – 4,708 ft · steepest grade: 20%13.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Gregory Ridge Trail Trailhead 35.56249, -83.84580
Nearest town Cades Cove, TN
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Doe Knob–Buck Gap, 4 saddles

13.6 mi · ▲ 3,588 ft · 6 hr 20 min

Elevation 1,941–4,707 ft

Out & Back · Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Trailhead: Gregory Ridge Trail Trailhead · 35.56249, -83.84580

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 7:11 AM · sunset 7:59 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Gregory Ridge Trail, heading SE.
  2. 4.8 miTurn left onto Gregory Bald Trail, heading SE.
  3. 50 ftPass Rich Gap.
  4. 2 miPass Buck Gap.
  5. 50 ftReach Doe Knob, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 2 miTurn right onto Gregory Ridge Trail, heading NW.
  7. 4.8 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/doe-knob-buck-gap-out-back-4-saddles-22-km

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 7:11 AMSunset 7:59 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

Hikes near Cades Cove, Tennessee