Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Lonesome Pine Overlook & Noland Divide Trail
6.8 mi · ▲ 2,292 ft · 3 hr 25 min
Lonesome Pine Overlook & Noland Divide Trail is a 6.8-mile out-and-back in Great Smoky Mountains National Park near Lackey Hill, NC. The route reaches Lonesome Pine Overlook at the turnaround, 3.4 miles in. It climbs 2,292 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 81/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Lonesome Pine Overlook & Noland Divide Trail
6.8 mi · ▲ 2,292 ft · 3 hr 25 min
Elevation 1,797–4,090 ft
Out & Back · Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Trailhead: West Deep Creek Road · 35.45847, -83.43813
Weather Sep 4: Fog, high 93°F / low 69° · precip 11% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 7:09 AM · sunset 7:58 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on West Deep Creek Road, heading N.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Deep Creek Horse Trailer Parking, heading NW.
- 150 ftContinue straight 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 miContinue straight onto Deep Creek Horse Trailer Parking, heading SE.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 200 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 West Deep Creek Road Trailhead
- Juney Whank Falls & Deep Creek Horse Trail 3.7 mi · ▲ 719 ft
- Deep Creek Horse Trail–Deep Creek Trail, 3 sights 4 mi · ▲ 290 ft
- Upper Sassafras Gap & Noland Divide Trail 15.1 mi · ▲ 3,656 ft
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