Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Mount Cammerer–Davenport Gap, 3 summits
11.2 mi · ▲ 3,091 ft · 5 hr 17 min
Mount Cammerer–Davenport Gap, 3 summits is an 11.2-mile out-and-back in Great Smoky Mountains National Park near Waterville, NC. The route passes Davenport Gap before reaching Mount Cammerer at the turnaround, 5.6 miles in. It climbs 3,091 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 82/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Mount Cammerer–Davenport Gap, 3 summits
11.2 mi · ▲ 3,091 ft · 5 hr 17 min
Elevation 2,001–4,946 ft
Out & Back · Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Trailhead: Appalachian Trail · 35.77062, -83.11108
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 7:08 AM · sunset 7:57 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Appalachian Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftPass Davenport Gap.
- 0.9 miBear left onto Davenport Gap Shelter access, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left onto Appalachian Trail, heading SW.
- 4.1 miSharp right onto Mount Cammerer Trail, heading N.
- 0.6 miReach Mount Cammerer, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.6 miSharp left onto Appalachian Trail, heading S.
- 4.1 miBear right onto Davenport Gap Shelter access, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right onto Appalachian Trail, heading NE.
- 0.8 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Appalachian Trail Trailhead
- Davenport Gap via Appalachian Trail 3.8 mi · ▲ 868 ft
- Davenport Gap & Chestnut Branch Trail via Appalachian Trail 7.8 mi · ▲ 2,113 ft
- Low Gap & Davenport Gap via Appalachian Trail 14.1 mi · ▲ 3,834 ft
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