Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Mount Sterling Gap & Mount Sterling Trail
4.5 mi · ▲ 1,785 ft · 2 hr 24 min
Mount Sterling Gap & Mount Sterling Trail is a 4.5-mile out-and-back in Great Smoky Mountains National Park near Ola, NC. The route reaches Mount Sterling Gap. It climbs 1,785 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 92/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Mount Sterling Gap & Mount Sterling Trail
4.5 mi · ▲ 1,785 ft · 2 hr 24 min
Elevation 3,892–5,682 ft
Out & Back · Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Trailhead: Mount Sterling Trail Trailhead · 35.70024, -83.09743
Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 80°F / low 67° · precip 8% · wind 2 mph · sunrise 7:08 AM · sunset 7:57 PM
Horses allowed on the whole route
- Start on Mount Sterling Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftPass Mount Sterling Gap.
- 2.2 miReach Mount Sterling Gap, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 2.2 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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- Horses allowed on the whole route
More from Mount Sterling Trail Trailhead Trailhead
- Pretty Hollow Gap–Mount Sterling Gap, 3 saddles 7.2 mi · ▲ 2,497 ft
- Mount Sterling Gap–Long Bunk Trail, 3 sights 8 mi · ▲ 1,865 ft
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