Little Brier Gap–Cove Mountain Trail, 4 saddles is a 10.5-mile out-and-back in Great Smoky Mountains National Park near Line Spring, TN. The route passes Wear Cove Gap and Little Brier Gap. It climbs 2,517 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 72/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi1,818 – 4,075 ft · steepest grade: 17%10.6 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Little Greenbrier Trail 35.69408, -83.64598
Nearest town Line Spring, TN
Directions
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Little Brier Gap–Cove Mountain Trail, 4 saddles
10.5 mi · ▲ 2,517 ft · 4 hr 46 min
Elevation 1,819–4,075 ft
Out & Back · Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Trailhead: Little Greenbrier Trail · 35.69408, -83.64598
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 7:11 AM · sunset 7:58 PM
- Start on Little Greenbrier Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftPass Wear Cove Gap.
- 1.9 miBear left, heading SE.
- 50 ftPass Little Brier Gap.
- 2.3 miSharp left onto Laurel Falls Trail, heading NW.
- 0.9 miSharp left onto Cove Mountain Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miReach Little Brier Gap, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miSharp right onto Laurel Falls Trail, heading NE.
- 0.9 miSharp right onto Little Greenbrier Trail, heading SE.
- 2.3 miSharp left, heading W.
- 1.9 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
100% dirt
Weather
Sunrise 7:11 AMSunset 7:58 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.2 mi in (~44 min). Leave by 6:54 PM for the 7:58 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:43 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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