Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Loop Trail & Stone Pile Gap Trail via Thomas Divide Trail
5.2 mi · ▲ 1,248 ft · 2 hr 21 min
Loop Trail & Stone Pile Gap Trail via Thomas Divide Trail is a 5.2-mile out-and-back in Great Smoky Mountains National Park near Jenkins Place, NC. It climbs 1,248 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 84/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Loop Trail & Stone Pile Gap Trail via Thomas Divide Trail
5.2 mi · ▲ 1,248 ft · 2 hr 21 min
Elevation 1,972–2,495 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
- Start on Thomas Divide Trail, heading W.
- 1.1 miContinue straight onto Stone Pile Gap Trail, heading N.
- 0.7 miTurn right onto Indian Creek Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Loop Trail, heading N.
- 0.5 miReach Stone Pile Gap Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miBear right onto Indian Creek Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Stone Pile Gap Trail, heading SW.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto Thomas Divide Trail, heading S.
- 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.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Indian Camp Creek Road Trailhead
- Thomas Divide Trail 2.2 mi · ▲ 389 ft
- Stone Pile Gap Trail via Thomas Divide Trail 3.8 mi · ▲ 856 ft
- Juney Whank Falls & Stone Pile Gap Trail via Thomas Divide Trail 6.3 mi · ▲ 1,127 ft
- Indian Creek Motor Trail via Thomas Divide Trail 11.8 mi · ▲ 2,636 ft
- Lonesome Pine Overlook–Deep Creek Horse Trail, 4 sights 13.7 mi · ▲ 3,355 ft
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