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Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Little Brier Gap & Little Brier Gap Trail

3.9 mi · ▲ 733 ft · 1 hr 40 min

Little Brier Gap & Little Brier Gap Trail is a 3.9-mile out-and-back in Great Smoky Mountains National Park near Greenbrier, TN. The route reaches Little Brier Gap. It climbs 733 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 73/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi1,768 – 2,172 ft · steepest grade: 23%4.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 35.70406, -83.62968
Nearest town Greenbrier, TN
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Little Brier Gap & Little Brier Gap Trail

3.9 mi · ▲ 733 ft · 1 hr 40 min

Elevation 1,768–2,172 ft

Out & Back · Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Trailhead: 35.70406, -83.62968

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 7:10 AM · sunset 7:58 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 0.6 miPass Little Brier Gap.
  3. 50 ftContinue straight onto Little Brier Gap Trail, heading S.
  4. 1.4 miReach Little Brier Gap, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 2 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/little-brier-gap-little-brier-gap-trail-out-back

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 7:10 AMSunset 7:58 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~3 min). Leave by 7:35 PM for the 7:58 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:15 PM — 9 min before dark.

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