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Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Grapeyard Ridge Trail

6.2 mi · ▲ 1,187 ft · 2 hr 40 min

Grapeyard Ridge Trail is a 6.2-mile out-and-back in Great Smoky Mountains National Park near Pinnacle, TN. It climbs 1,187 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 86/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi1,677 – 2,549 ft · steepest grade: 17%6.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Grapeyard Ridge Trail 35.70797, -83.38266
Nearest town Pinnacle, TN
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Grapeyard Ridge Trail

6.2 mi · ▲ 1,187 ft · 2 hr 40 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: sunrise 7:09 AM · sunset 7:58 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Grapeyard Ridge Trail, heading SW.
  2. 150 ftSharp right onto Friendship Baptist Church Cemetery Access, heading N.
  3. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Grapeyard Ridge Trail, heading SW.
  4. 2.9 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  5. 2.9 miContinue straight onto Friendship Baptist Church Cemetery Access, heading NE.
  6. 0.2 miSharp left onto Grapeyard Ridge Trail, heading NE.
  7. 100 ftArrive 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/grapeyard-ridge-trail-out-back

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 7:09 AMSunset 7:58 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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