Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Little River Trail & Rough Creek Trail
14.2 mi · ▲ 2,090 ft · 5 hr 47 min
Little River Trail & Rough Creek Trail is a 14.2-mile out-and-back in Great Smoky Mountains National Park near Elkmont, TN. It climbs 2,090 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 87/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Little River Trail & Rough Creek Trail
14.2 mi · ▲ 2,090 ft · 5 hr 47 min
Elevation 2,182–4,291 ft
Out & Back · Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Trailhead: Little River Trail · 35.65332, -83.57959
Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 89°F / low 74° · precip 6% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 7:10 AM · sunset 7:59 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Little River Trail, heading E.
- 4.4 miBear left onto Rough Creek Trail, heading SE.
- 2.7 miReach Little River Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 2.7 miBear right onto Little River Trail, heading NW.
- 4.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Little River Trail Trailhead
- Little River Trail 4.6 mi · ▲ 360 ft
- Buckhorn Gap–Jakes Creek Trail, 3 sights 13.1 mi · ▲ 1,952 ft
- Jakes Gap–Jakes Creek Trail, 5 sights 13.6 mi · ▲ 3,577 ft
- Cucumber Gap Trail–Huskey Gap Trail, 3 sights 15.3 mi · ▲ 3,431 ft
- Fighting Creek Gap–Huskey Gap Trail, 4 sights 15.6 mi · ▲ 2,703 ft
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