Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Mingus Creek Trail via Deep Low Gap Trail
12.3 mi · ▲ 2,934 ft · 5 hr 34 min
Mingus Creek Trail via Deep Low Gap Trail is a 12.3-mile out-and-back in Great Smoky Mountains National Park near Birdtown, NC. It climbs 2,934 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 92/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Mingus Creek Trail via Deep Low Gap Trail
12.3 mi · ▲ 2,934 ft · 5 hr 34 min
Elevation 2,454–5,059 ft
Out & Back · Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Trailhead: 35.49198, -83.37111
Weather Sep 4: Fog, high 91°F / low 65° · precip 10% · wind 2 mph · sunrise 7:09 AM · sunset 7:58 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 0.7 miTurn left onto Deep Low Gap Trail, heading N.
- 1.4 miSharp right onto Thomas Divide Trail, heading N.
- 3.4 miReach Mingus Creek Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Newton Bald Trail, heading N.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Mingus Creek Trail, heading SW.
- 2.8 miSharp right onto Deep Low Gap Trail, heading W.
- 3 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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More from this trailhead
- Deep Low Gap Trail 7.7 mi · ▲ 2,327 ft
- Deep Low Gap Trail 9 mi · ▲ 2,616 ft
- Deep Low Gap Trail 10.3 mi · ▲ 2,801 ft
- Deep Low Gap Trail 11 mi · ▲ 2,981 ft
- Cemetary Trail & Deep Low Gap Trail 11 mi · ▲ 2,706 ft
- Thomas Divide Trail 13 mi · ▲ 3,645 ft
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