AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Pretty Hollow Gap & Pretty Hollow Gap Trail

10.3 mi · ▲ 2,385 ft · 4 hr 38 min

Pretty Hollow Gap & Pretty Hollow Gap Trail is a 10.3-mile out-and-back in Great Smoky Mountains National Park near Nellie, NC. The route reaches Pretty Hollow Gap at the turnaround, 5.1 miles in. It climbs 2,385 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 96/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi2,782 – 5,174 ft · steepest grade: 16%10.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Pretty Hollow Gap Trail 35.62919, -83.11640
Nearest town Nellie, NC
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Pretty Hollow Gap & Pretty Hollow Gap Trail

10.3 mi · ▲ 2,385 ft · 4 hr 38 min

Elevation 2,781–5,175 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

  1. Start on Pretty Hollow Gap Trail, heading N.
  2. 5.1 miReach Pretty Hollow Gap, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  3. 5.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/pretty-hollow-gap-out-back

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

OvercastTemperature 88°F70°
Precip11%Wind5 mphUV7Humidity76%
Hourly temperature
90°70°
Sunrise 7:08 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 7:57 PM
Sat 90°71° 27%
Sun 84°66° 30%
Mon 75°63° 33%
Tue 81°59°
Wed 83°62°
Thu 85°66° 21%

Good to know

  • Horses allowed on the whole route

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