Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Palmer Creek Trail & Pretty Hollow Gap Trail
8.9 mi · ▲ 1,744 ft · 3 hr 50 min
Palmer Creek Trail & Pretty Hollow Gap Trail is an 8.9-mile out-and-back in Great Smoky Mountains National Park near Nellie, NC. It climbs 1,744 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 93/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Palmer Creek Trail & Pretty Hollow Gap Trail
8.9 mi · ▲ 1,744 ft · 3 hr 50 min
Elevation 2,781–4,509 ft
Out & Back · Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Trailhead: Pretty Hollow Gap Trail · 35.62919, -83.11640
Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 88°F / low 70° · precip 11% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 7:08 AM · sunset 7:57 PM
Horses allowed on the whole route
- Start on Pretty Hollow Gap Trail, heading N.
- 1.2 miTurn left onto Palmer Creek Trail, heading W.
- 3.2 miReach Pretty Hollow Gap Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 3.2 miTurn right onto Pretty Hollow Gap Trail, heading SE.
- 1.2 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 Pretty Hollow Gap Trail Trailhead
- Little Cataloochee Trail & Pretty Hollow Gap Trail 9.4 mi · ▲ 2,093 ft
- Pretty Hollow Gap & Pretty Hollow Gap Trail 10.3 mi · ▲ 2,385 ft
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