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Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Flat Creek Trail

5.2 mi · ▲ 871 ft · 2 hr 10 min

Flat Creek Trail is a 5.2-mile out-and-back in Great Smoky Mountains National Park near Maggie Valley, NC. It climbs 871 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 81/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi4,744 – 5,338 ft · steepest grade: 18%5.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Flat Creek Trail 35.55410, -83.16390
Nearest town Maggie Valley, NC
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Flat Creek Trail

5.2 mi · ▲ 871 ft · 2 hr 10 min

Elevation 4,744–5,338 ft

Out & Back · Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Trailhead: Flat Creek Trail · 35.55410, -83.16390

Weather Sep 4: Fog, high 76°F / low 62° · precip 13% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 7:08 AM · sunset 7:57 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Flat Creek Trail, heading NW.
  2. 2.6 miReach Flat Creek Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  3. 2.6 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/flat-creek-trail-out-back

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

FogTemperature 76°F62°
Precip13%Wind3 mphUV7Humidity90%
Hourly temperature
80°60°
Sunrise 7:08 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 7:57 PM
Sat 77°63° 25%
Sun 80°60° 38%
Mon 69°56° 40%
Tue 73°52°
Wed 76°53°
Thu 78°56° 19%

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

Hikes near Maggie Valley, North Carolina