Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Rabbit Creek Trail & Scott Gap
15.3 mi · ▲ 3,382 ft · 6 hr 47 min
Rabbit Creek Trail & Scott Gap is a 15.3-mile out-and-back in Great Smoky Mountains National Park near Cades Cove, TN. The route reaches Scott Gap. It climbs 3,382 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 89/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Rabbit Creek Trail & Scott Gap
15.3 mi · ▲ 3,382 ft · 6 hr 47 min
Elevation 1,093–2,352 ft
Out & Back · Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Trailhead: Abrams Falls Parking Lot · 35.59130, -83.85227
Weather Sep 4: Mostly clear, high 92°F / low 76° · precip 4% · wind 2 mph · sunrise 7:11 AM · sunset 8:00 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Abrams Falls Parking Lot, heading NW.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Abrams Falls Trail, heading NW.
- 150 ftSharp left onto Rabbit Creek Trail, heading S.
- 5 miPass Scott Gap.
- 2.6 miReach Rabbit Creek Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 7.7 miSharp right onto Abrams Falls Trail, heading SE.
- 100 ftSharp left onto Abrams Falls Parking Lot, heading N.
- 50 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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- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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