Double Mountain–Crooked Arm Ridge Trail, 5 sights is an 8.6-mile out-and-back in Great Smoky Mountains National Park near Cades Cove, TN. The route reaches Double Mountain. It climbs 2,037 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 87/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi1,824 – 3,658 ft · steepest grade: 17%8.8 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: John Oliver Cabin Access Trailhead 35.60665, -83.79468
Nearest town Cades Cove, TN
Directions
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Double Mountain–Crooked Arm Ridge Trail, 5 sights
8.6 mi · ▲ 2,037 ft · 3 hr 53 min
Elevation 1,824–3,659 ft
Out & Back · Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Trailhead: John Oliver Cabin Access Trailhead · 35.60665, -83.79468
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 7:11 AM · sunset 7:59 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on John Oliver Cabin access, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Rich Mountain Loop Trail, heading N.
- 1.3 miReach Double Mountain, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Crooked Arm Ridge Trail, heading N.
- 2.1 miContinue straight onto Indian Grave Gap Trail, heading NW.
- 1.7 miPass Double Mountain.
- 0.8 miContinue straight onto Rich Mountain Loop Trail, heading SW.
- 1.9 miBear left onto John Oliver Cabin access, heading S.
- 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
100% dirt
Weather
Sunrise 7:11 AMSunset 7:59 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from John Oliver Cabin Access Trailhead Trailhead
- John Oliver Cabin access via Rich Mountain Loop Trail 2 mi · ▲ 212 ft
- Rich Mountain Loop Trail 2.3 mi · ▲ 208 ft
- Crooked Arm Ridge Trail via Rich Mountain Loop Trail 6.5 mi · ▲ 1,635 ft
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