Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Low Gap Trail & Snake Den Ridge Trail

2.7 mi · ▲ 525 ft · 1 hr 10 min

Low Gap Trail & Snake Den Ridge Trail is a 2.7-mile out-and-back in Great Smoky Mountains National Park near Catons Grove, TN. It climbs 525 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 53/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi2,208 – 2,503 ft2.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Low Gap Trail Trailhead 35.75592, -83.20780
Nearest town Catons Grove, TN

Directions

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Low Gap Trail & Snake Den Ridge Trail

2.7 mi · ▲ 525 ft · 1 hr 10 min

Elevation 2,209–2,503 ft

Out & Back · Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Trailhead: Low Gap Trail Trailhead · 35.75592, -83.20780

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 7:08 AM · sunset 7:58 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Low Gap Trail, heading S.
  2. 0.4 miSharp right onto Lower Mount Cammerer Trail, heading SW.
  3. 0.4 miTurn right onto Snake Den Ridge Trail, heading SE.
  4. 0.6 miReach Low Gap Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 0.6 miTurn left onto Cosby Horse Trail, heading E.
  6. 0.4 miSharp left onto Low Gap Trail, heading NE.
  7. 0.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

98% dirt2% paved

Weather

Sunrise 7:08 AMSunset 7:58 PM

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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