Great Smoky Mountains National Park
E E McCarter Cemetery–Engine Creek Trail, 3 sights
10.7 mi · ▲ 2,576 ft · 4 hr 51 min
E E McCarter Cemetery–Engine Creek Trail, 3 sights is a 10.7-mile out-and-back in Great Smoky Mountains National Park near Glade, TN. It climbs 2,576 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 81/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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E E McCarter Cemetery–Engine Creek Trail, 3 sights
10.7 mi · ▲ 2,576 ft · 4 hr 51 min
Elevation 1,835–2,993 ft
Out & Back · Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Trailhead: Grapeyard Ridge Trailhead · 35.69478, -83.46660
Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 87°F / low 73° · precip 22% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 7:10 AM · sunset 7:57 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Grapeyard Ridge Trail, heading E.
- 4.3 miTurn left onto Engine Creek Trail, heading NE.
- 0.7 miTurn left onto E E McCarter Cemetery, heading NW.
- 0.3 miReach Grapeyard Ridge Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Engine Creek Trail, heading SW.
- 0.7 miTurn right onto Grapeyard Ridge Trail, heading SW.
- 4.3 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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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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