Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Fighting Creek Gap–Riverview Quiet Walkway, 3 sights
11.6 mi · ▲ 2,965 ft · 5 hr 21 min
Fighting Creek Gap–Riverview Quiet Walkway, 3 sights is an 11.6-mile out-and-back in Great Smoky Mountains National Park near Elkmont, TN. The route reaches Fighting Creek Gap. It climbs 2,965 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 42/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Fighting Creek Gap–Riverview Quiet Walkway, 3 sights
11.6 mi · ▲ 2,965 ft · 5 hr 21 min
Elevation 1,789–3,153 ft
Out & Back · Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Trailhead: Laurel Falls Parking B · 35.67194, -83.58018
Weather Sep 5: Mostly clear, high 89°F / low 73° · precip 6% · wind 2 mph · sunrise 7:10 AM · sunset 7:59 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Laurel Falls Parking B, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Laurel Falls Parking A, heading SE.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Sugarland Mountain Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftPass Fighting Creek Gap.
- 3 miTurn left onto Huskey Gap Trail, heading NE.
- 2 miBear left onto Riverview Quiet Walkway, heading E.
- 0.8 miBear left onto Balsam Point Quiet Walkway, heading N.
- 50 ftReach Fighting Creek Gap, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftBear right onto Riverview Quiet Walkway, heading S.
- 0.8 miBear right onto Huskey Gap Trail, heading W.
- 2 miTurn right onto Sugarland Mountain Trail, heading SW.
- 3 miSharp right onto Laurel Falls Parking A, heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Laurel Falls Parking B, heading W.
- 50 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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