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Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Ramsey Cascades & Ramsey Cascades Trail

7.8 mi · ▲ 2,189 ft · 3 hr 42 min

Ramsey Cascades & Ramsey Cascades Trail is a 7.8-mile out-and-back in Great Smoky Mountains National Park near Pittman Center, TN. The route reaches Ramsey Cascades at the turnaround, 3.9 miles in. It climbs 2,189 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 94/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi2,067 – 4,269 ft · steepest grade: 18%7.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Ramsey Cascades Trail 35.70266, -83.35751
Nearest town Pittman Center, TN
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Ramsey Cascades & Ramsey Cascades Trail

7.8 mi · ▲ 2,189 ft · 3 hr 42 min

Elevation 2,066–4,269 ft

Out & Back · Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Trailhead: Ramsey Cascades Trail · 35.70266, -83.35751

Weather Sep 4: Light drizzle, high 88°F / low 75° · precip 5% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 7:09 AM · sunset 7:58 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Ramsey Cascades Trail, heading E.
  2. 3.9 miReach Ramsey Cascades, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  3. 3.9 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/ramsey-cascades-out-back

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Light drizzleTemperature 88°F75°
Feels like83°Precip5%Wind5 mphUV7Humidity60%
Hourly temperature
90°75°
Sunrise 7:09 AM12 AM3 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 7:58 PM
Sat 91°76° 25%
Sun 86°69° 32%
Mon 81°66° 46%
Tue 84°63°
Wed 85°66°
Thu 89°68° 28%

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

Hikes near Pittman Center, Tennessee