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.

Elevation

0 mi2,001 – 4,948 ft · steepest grade: 19%11.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Appalachian Trail 35.77062, -83.11108
Nearest town Waterville, NC

Directions

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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

  1. Start on Appalachian Trail, heading W.
  2. 50 ftPass Davenport Gap.
  3. 0.9 miBear left onto Davenport Gap Shelter access, heading W.
  4. 50 ftBear left onto Appalachian Trail, heading SW.
  5. 4.1 miSharp right onto Mount Cammerer Trail, heading N.
  6. 0.6 miReach Mount Cammerer, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 0.6 miSharp left onto Appalachian Trail, heading S.
  8. 4.1 miBear right onto Davenport Gap Shelter access, heading NE.
  9. 50 ftBear right onto Appalachian Trail, heading NE.
  10. 0.8 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

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 7:08 AMSunset 7:57 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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