Gray Wolf Walk & Tunnel Bypass Trail via Lakeshore Trail is a 4.9-mile out-and-back in Great Smoky Mountains National Park near Roundhill, NC. It climbs 1,389 ft, with sections as steep as 40% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 95/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi1,709 – 2,418 ft · steepest grade: 40%5.2 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Lakeview Drive East Parking #4 35.45870, -83.53757
Nearest town Roundhill, NC
Directions
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Gray Wolf Walk & Tunnel Bypass Trail via Lakeshore Trail
4.9 mi · ▲ 1,389 ft · 2 hr 20 min
Elevation 1,711–2,419 ft
Out & Back · Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Trailhead: Lakeview Drive East Parking #4 · 35.45870, -83.53757
Weather Sep 4: Fog, high 91°F / low 67° · precip 12% · wind 1 mph · sunrise 7:10 AM · sunset 7:59 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Lakeview Drive East Parking #4, heading W.
- 0.5 miBear right onto Tunnel Bypass Trail, heading SW.
- 150 ftSharp right onto Lakeshore Trail, heading W.
- 1.4 miBear right onto Gray Wolf Walk, heading S.
- 0.6 miReach Tunnel Bypass Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.6 miBear left onto Lakeshore Trail, heading N.
- 1.4 miSharp left onto Tunnel Bypass Trail, heading E.
- 150 ftBear left onto Lakeshore Trail, heading SW.
- 0.5 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
82% dirt6% paved12% unspecified
Weather
FogTemperature 91°F67°
Feels like84°Precip12%Wind1 mphUV7Humidity77%
Hourly temperature
95°65°
Sunrise 7:10 AM12 AM3 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 7:59 PM
Sat
94°71°
17%
Sun
90°69°
Mon
79°65°
45%
Tue
85°61°
Wed
87°61°
Thu
89°63°
25%
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Lakeview Drive East Parking #4 Trailhead
- Goldmine Loop Trail & Tunnel Bypass Trail Loop 2.9 mi · ▲ 794 ft
- Tunnel Bypass Trail & Whiteoak Branch Trail via Lakeshore Trail 7.6 mi · ▲ 1,680 ft
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