Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Enloe Creek Trail via Hughes Ridge Trail
15.5 mi · ▲ 4,316 ft · 7 hr 19 min
Enloe Creek Trail via Hughes Ridge Trail is a 15.5-mile out-and-back in Great Smoky Mountains National Park near Three Forks, NC. It climbs 4,316 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 96/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Enloe Creek Trail via Hughes Ridge Trail
15.5 mi · ▲ 4,316 ft · 7 hr 19 min
Elevation 2,937–5,125 ft
Out & Back · Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Trailhead: Hyatt Ridge Trail Trailhead · 35.60890, -83.22297
Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 86°F / low 67° · precip 13% · wind 0 mph · sunrise 7:08 AM · sunset 7:58 PM
Horses allowed on the whole route · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Hyatt Ridge Trail, heading W.
- 1.8 miContinue straight onto Enloe Creek Trail, heading SW.
- 3.5 miSharp right onto Hughes Ridge Trail, heading NW.
- 2.4 miReach Enloe Creek Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 2.5 miSharp left onto Enloe Creek Trail, heading NE.
- 3.5 miContinue straight onto Hyatt Ridge Trail, heading E.
- 1.8 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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Good to know
- Horses allowed on the whole route
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Hyatt Ridge Trail Trailhead Trailhead
- Hyatt Ridge Trail 3.6 mi · ▲ 1,438 ft
- Beech Gap Trail & Hyatt Ridge Trail 12.5 mi · ▲ 3,998 ft
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