Max Patch Short Sunset Point–Brown Gap, 3 saddles
10.4 mi · ▲ 2,622 ft · 4 hr 47 min
Max Patch Short Sunset Point–Brown Gap, 3 saddles is a 10.4-mile out-and-back near Boomer, TN. The route passes Brown Gap and Max Patch Short Sunset Point. It climbs 2,622 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade. It scores 79/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Max Patch Short Sunset Point–Brown Gap, 3 saddles
10.4 mi · ▲ 2,622 ft · 4 hr 47 min
Elevation 2,762–4,405 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 35.76301, -82.98712
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 7:07 AM · sunset 7:57 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 1.2 miBear right onto Appalachian Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftPass Brown Gap.
- 3 miPass Max Patch Short Sunset Point.
- 250 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Buckeye Ridge Trail, heading SE.
- 0.8 miReach Max Patch Short Sunset Point, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.8 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Appalachian Trail, heading NW.
- 3.1 miBear left, heading W.
- 1.2 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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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.6 mi in (~72 min). Leave by 6:25 PM for the 7:57 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:51 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Brown Gap via Appalachian Trail 2.5 mi · ▲ 712 ft
- Hickory Ridge Road 4.5 mi · ▲ 839 ft
- Appalachian Trail 5.4 mi · ▲ 1,422 ft
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