Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Sassafras Gap–Lost Cove Trail, 3 sights
15 mi · ▲ 4,139 ft · 7 hr 4 min
Sassafras Gap–Lost Cove Trail, 3 sights is a 15-mile out-and-back in Great Smoky Mountains National Park near Rymers Ferry, NC. The route reaches Sassafras Gap. It climbs 4,139 ft, with sections as steep as 27% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 90/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Sassafras Gap–Lost Cove Trail, 3 sights
15 mi · ▲ 4,139 ft · 7 hr 4 min
Elevation 1,326–3,670 ft
Out & Back · Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Trailhead: North Twentymile Trailhead · 35.46735, -83.87679
Weather Sep 4: Fog, high 93°F / low 72° · precip 6% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 7:11 AM · sunset 8:00 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Twentymile Trail, heading N.
- 5 miPass Sassafras Gap.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Lost Cove Trail, heading NE.
- 2.6 miReach Sassafras Gap, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 2.6 miTurn right onto Twentymile Trail, heading NW.
- 4.8 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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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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