Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Lonesome Pine Overlook & Deep Creek Horse Trail via Noland Divide Trail
7.5 mi · ▲ 2,319 ft · 3 hr 40 min
Lonesome Pine Overlook & Deep Creek Horse Trail via Noland Divide Trail is a 7.5-mile out-and-back in Great Smoky Mountains National Park near Jenkins Place, NC. The route reaches Lonesome Pine Overlook at the turnaround, 3.8 miles in. It climbs 2,319 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 77/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Lonesome Pine Overlook & Deep Creek Horse Trail via Noland Divide Trail
7.5 mi · ▲ 2,319 ft · 3 hr 40 min
Elevation 1,815–4,090 ft
Out & Back · Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Trailhead: Tom Branch Road · 35.46394, -83.43406
Weather Sep 4: Fog, high 93°F / low 69° · precip 11% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 7:09 AM · sunset 7:58 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Tom Branch Road, heading NW.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Juney Whank Falls Trail, heading NW.
- 300 ftContinue straight onto Deep Creek Horse Trail, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Noland Divide Trail, heading NW.
- 3.3 miSharp left, heading NW.
- 50 ftReach Lonesome Pine Overlook, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 3.3 miTurn left onto Deep Creek Horse Trail, heading SE.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Juney Whank Falls Trail, heading NE.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Tom Branch Road, heading NE.
- 50 ftArrive 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 Tom Branch Road Trailhead
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- Deep Creek Horse Trail & Deep Creek Trail 2.5 mi · ▲ 645 ft
- Deep Creek Trail & Stone Pile Gap Trail via Thomas Divide Trail 4 mi · ▲ 635 ft
- Indian Creek Trail & Stone Pile Gap Trail 8.3 mi · ▲ 780 ft
- Deep Creek Trail–Indian Creek Trail, 3 sights 8.5 mi · ▲ 776 ft
- Indian Creek Motor Trail & Stone Pile Gap Trail via Thomas Divide Trail 9.5 mi · ▲ 1,643 ft
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