Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Doe Knob–Buck Gap, 4 saddles
16 mi · ▲ 3,572 ft · 7 hr 7 min
Doe Knob–Buck Gap, 4 saddles is a 16-mile out-and-back in Great Smoky Mountains National Park near Rymers Ferry, NC. The route passes Sassafras Gap and Doe Knob before reaching Buck Gap at the turnaround, 8 miles in. It climbs 3,572 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 91/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Doe Knob–Buck Gap, 4 saddles
16 mi · ▲ 3,572 ft · 7 hr 7 min
Elevation 1,326–4,455 ft
Out & Back · Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Trailhead: North Twentymile Trailhead · 35.46735, -83.87679
Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 95°F / low 72° · precip 16% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 7:11 AM · sunset 8:00 PM
Horses allowed on the whole route · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Twentymile Trail, heading N.
- 5 miPass Sassafras Gap.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Appalachian Trail, heading N.
- 3 miPass Buck Gap.
- 50 ftReach Doe Knob, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 3 miSharp right onto Twentymile Trail, heading NW.
- 5 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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- Horses allowed on the whole route
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from North Twentymile Trailhead Trailhead
- Wolf Ridge Trail 3.3 mi · ▲ 513 ft
- Shuckstack–Sassafras Gap, 3 summits 10.8 mi · ▲ 2,675 ft
- Sassafras Gap–Lost Cove Trail, 3 sights 15 mi · ▲ 4,139 ft
- Proctor Field Gap–Rich Gap Loop, 6 sights 15.4 mi · ▲ 3,719 ft
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