Great Smoky Mountains National Park
E E McCarter Cemetery & Engine Creek Trail via Grapeyard Ridge Trail
8.3 mi · ▲ 1,717 ft · 3 hr 38 min
E E McCarter Cemetery & Engine Creek Trail via Grapeyard Ridge Trail is an 8.3-mile out-and-back in Great Smoky Mountains National Park near Pinnacle, TN. It climbs 1,717 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 85/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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E E McCarter Cemetery & Engine Creek Trail via Grapeyard Ridge Trail
8.3 mi · ▲ 1,717 ft · 3 hr 38 min
Elevation 1,676–2,550 ft
Out & Back · Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Trailhead: Grapeyard Ridge Trail · 35.70797, -83.38266
Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 89°F / low 76° · precip 4% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 7:09 AM · sunset 7:58 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Grapeyard Ridge Trail, heading SW.
- 150 ftSharp right onto Friendship Baptist Church Cemetery Access, heading N.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Grapeyard Ridge Trail, heading SW.
- 2.9 miTurn right onto Engine Creek Trail, heading NE.
- 0.7 miTurn left onto E E McCarter Cemetery, heading NE.
- 0.3 miReach Engine Creek Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Engine Creek Trail, heading SE.
- 0.7 miTurn left onto Grapeyard Ridge Trail, heading SW.
- 2.9 miContinue straight onto Friendship Baptist Church Cemetery Access, heading E.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Grapeyard Ridge Trail, heading SE.
- 100 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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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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