Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Newton Bald Concession Horse Trail Loop & Smokemont Stables Trail to Towstring Horse Trail
2.6 mi · ▲ 304 ft · 1 hr 1 min
Newton Bald Concession Horse Trail Loop & Smokemont Stables Trail to Towstring Horse Trail is a 2.6-mile out-and-back in Great Smoky Mountains National Park near Ravensford, NC. It climbs 304 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 4/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Newton Bald Concession Horse Trail Loop & Smokemont Stables Trail to Towstring Horse Trail
2.6 mi · ▲ 304 ft · 1 hr 1 min
Elevation 2,138–2,307 ft
Out & Back · Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Trailhead: Tow String Horse Trail Trailhead · 35.54371, -83.29984
Weather Sep 5: Fog, high 92°F / low 69° · precip 16% · wind 1 mph · sunrise 7:09 AM · sunset 7:57 PM
Horses allowed on the whole route · Toilets at the trailhead
- Start on Tow String Horse Trail, heading NW.
- 300 ftTurn left onto Smokemont Stables Trail to Towstring Horse Trail, heading W.
- 0.9 miBear right onto Newton Bald Concession Horse Trail Loop, heading N.
- 0.4 miReach Newton Bald Concession Horse Trail Loop, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.3 miTurn right onto Tow String Horse Trail, heading E.
- 300 ftArrive 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
- Toilets at the trailhead
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