Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Rich Mountain Loop Trail
2.8 mi · ▲ 200 ft · 1 hr 2 min
Rich Mountain Loop Trail is a 2.8-mile out-and-back in Great Smoky Mountains National Park near Red Bank, TN. It is mostly level, with 200 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 70/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Rich Mountain Loop Trail
2.8 mi · ▲ 200 ft · 1 hr 2 min
Elevation 1,877–1,945 ft
Out & Back · Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Trailhead: 35.60582, -83.77769
Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 92°F / low 76° · precip 20% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 7:11 AM · sunset 7:59 PM
Horses allowed on the whole route · Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 1.4 miReach Rich Mountain Loop Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.4 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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Good to know
- Horses allowed on the whole route
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Double Mountain–Crooked Arm Ridge Trail, 5 sights 13.3 mi · ▲ 3,639 ft
- Crooked Arm Ridge Trail–Rich Mountain Loop Trail, 4 sights 14.6 mi · ▲ 3,559 ft
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