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Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Lonesome Pine Overlook–Deep Creek Horse Trail, 4 sights

13.7 mi · ▲ 3,355 ft · 6 hr 15 min

Lonesome Pine Overlook–Deep Creek Horse Trail, 4 sights is a 13.7-mile out-and-back in Great Smoky Mountains National Park near Jenkins Place, NC. The route reaches Lonesome Pine Overlook at the turnaround, 6.8 miles in. It climbs 3,355 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 79/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi1,821 – 4,088 ft · steepest grade: 19%13.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Indian Camp Creek Road 35.46522, -83.41918
Nearest town Jenkins Place, NC
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Lonesome Pine Overlook–Deep Creek Horse Trail, 4 sights

13.7 mi · ▲ 3,355 ft · 6 hr 15 min

Elevation 1,820–4,090 ft

Out & Back · Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Trailhead: Indian Camp Creek Road · 35.46522, -83.41918

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 7:09 AM · sunset 7:58 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Thomas Divide Trail, heading W.
  2. 1.1 miContinue straight onto Stone Pile Gap Trail, heading N.
  3. 0.8 miContinue straight onto Indian Creek Trail, heading W.
  4. 1.2 miContinue straight onto West Deep Creek Road, heading SW.
  5. 50 ftSharp right onto Juney Whank Falls Trail, heading SW.
  6. 350 ftContinue straight onto Deep Creek Horse Trail, heading NW.
  7. 0.4 miTurn right onto Noland Divide Trail, heading SW.
  8. 3.3 miSharp left, heading NW.
  9. 50 ftReach Lonesome Pine Overlook, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 3.3 miTurn left onto Deep Creek Horse Trail, heading W.
  11. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Juney Whank Falls Trail, heading NE.
  12. 300 ftSharp left onto West Deep Creek Road, heading NE.
  13. 50 ftContinue straight onto Deep Creek Trail, heading NE.
  14. 1.2 miContinue straight onto Stone Pile Gap Trail, heading E.
  15. 0.8 miContinue straight onto Thomas Divide Trail, heading SE.
  16. 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.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/lonesome-pine-overlook-deep-creek-horse-trail-out-back-4-sights

Trail surface

94% dirt6% gravel

Weather

Sunrise 7:09 AMSunset 7:58 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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