Lemon Gap via Appalachian Trail
10 mi · ▲ 982 ft · 3 hr 49 min
Lemon Gap via Appalachian Trail is a 10-mile out-and-back near Boomer, TN. The route reaches Lemon Gap at the turnaround, 5 miles in. It climbs 982 ft. It scores 78/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Lemon Gap via Appalachian Trail
10 mi · ▲ 982 ft · 3 hr 49 min
Elevation 3,462–4,267 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 35.80073, -82.96015
Weather Sep 5: Partly cloudy, high 77°F / low 64° · precip 9% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 7:07 AM · sunset 7:57 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 1.3 miSharp left onto Appalachian Trail, heading NW.
- 3.8 miTurn left onto Catpen Road, heading N.
- 100 ftReach Lemon Gap, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Appalachian Trail, heading N.
- 3.8 miSharp right, heading S.
- 1.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.0 mi in (~1 min). Leave by 7:36 PM for the 7:57 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:13 PM — 10 min before dark. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint
More from this trailhead
- Buckeye Ridge Trail 4.6 mi · ▲ 533 ft
- Max Patch Short Sunset Point via Buckeye Ridge Trail 4.7 mi · ▲ 460 ft
- Boomer Den Road 4.8 mi · ▲ 1,458 ft
- Buckeye Ridge Trail 5.9 mi · ▲ 724 ft
- Boomer Den Road & Poplar Spring Road 7.5 mi · ▲ 1,912 ft
- Appalachian Trail 12.3 mi · ▲ 1,780 ft
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