Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Sandy Gap & Lead Cove Trail
3.4 mi · ▲ 1,158 ft · 1 hr 43 min
Sandy Gap & Lead Cove Trail is a 3.4-mile out-and-back in Great Smoky Mountains National Park near Red Bank, TN. The route reaches Sandy Gap at the turnaround, 1.7 miles in. It climbs 1,158 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 91/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Sandy Gap & Lead Cove Trail
3.4 mi · ▲ 1,158 ft · 1 hr 43 min
Elevation 1,842–3,020 ft
Out & Back · Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Trailhead: Turkeypen Ridge Trail Trailhead · 35.60651, -83.74487
Weather Sep 4: Mostly clear, high 92°F / low 77° · precip 6% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 7:10 AM · sunset 8:00 PM
Horses allowed on the whole route
- Start on Lead Cove Trail, heading S.
- 1.7 miReach Sandy Gap, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.7 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 Turkeypen Ridge Trail Trailhead Trailhead
- Finley Cane Trail 5.4 mi · ▲ 561 ft
- Turkeypen Ridge Trail & Dosey Gap 7.1 mi · ▲ 1,302 ft
- Cades Cove Horse Trail–Crib Gap Trail, 3 sights 7.9 mi · ▲ 1,108 ft
- Spence Field–Sandy Gap Loop, 8 sights 14.7 mi · ▲ 3,637 ft
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