Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Double Mountain–Crooked Arm Ridge Trail, 5 sights
13.3 mi · ▲ 3,639 ft · 6 hr 15 min
Double Mountain–Crooked Arm Ridge Trail, 5 sights is a 13.3-mile out-and-back in Great Smoky Mountains National Park near Red Bank, TN. The route reaches Double Mountain. It climbs 3,639 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 83/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Double Mountain–Crooked Arm Ridge Trail, 5 sights
13.3 mi · ▲ 3,639 ft · 6 hr 15 min
Elevation 1,879–3,659 ft
Out & Back · Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Trailhead: 35.60582, -83.77769
Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 92°F / low 76° · precip 20% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 7:11 AM · sunset 7:59 PM
Horses allowed on the whole route · Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Crooked Arm Ridge Trail, heading NE.
- 2.1 miContinue straight onto Indian Grave Gap Trail, heading N.
- 1.7 miSharp right onto Rich Mountain Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftPass Double Mountain.
- 2.3 miReach Double Mountain, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 2.3 miSharp left onto Indian Grave Gap Trail, heading E.
- 1.7 miContinue straight onto Crooked Arm Ridge Trail, heading S.
- 2.1 miTurn left onto Rich Mountain Loop Trail, heading SW.
- 0.5 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
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Rich Mountain Loop Trail 2.8 mi · ▲ 200 ft
- Crooked Arm Ridge Trail–Rich Mountain Loop Trail, 4 sights 14.6 mi · ▲ 3,559 ft
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