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Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Indian Creek Motor Trail via Thomas Divide Trail

11.8 mi · ▲ 2,636 ft · 5 hr 15 min

Indian Creek Motor Trail via Thomas Divide Trail is an 11.8-mile out-and-back in Great Smoky Mountains National Park near Jenkins Place, NC. It climbs 2,636 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 86/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi2,182 – 3,475 ft11.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Indian Camp Creek Road 35.46522, -83.41918
Nearest town Jenkins Place, NC
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Indian Creek Motor Trail via Thomas Divide Trail

11.8 mi · ▲ 2,636 ft · 5 hr 15 min

Elevation 2,183–3,476 ft

Out & Back · Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Trailhead: Indian Camp Creek Road · 35.46522, -83.41918

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 7:09 AM · sunset 7:58 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Thomas Divide Trail, heading W.
  2. 3.1 miContinue straight onto Indian Creek Motor Trail, heading NE.
  3. 1.8 miTurn left onto Deep Low Gap Trail, heading SW.
  4. 0.4 miTurn right onto Indian Creek Trail, heading NE.
  5. 0.7 miReach Indian Creek Motor Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 0.7 miTurn left onto Deep Low Gap Trail, heading SW.
  7. 0.3 miTurn right onto Indian Creek Motor Trail, heading NE.
  8. 1.8 miContinue straight onto Thomas Divide Trail, heading S.
  9. 3.1 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/indian-creek-motor-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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