Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Shuckstack–Sassafras Gap, 3 summits
10.8 mi · ▲ 2,675 ft · 4 hr 56 min
Shuckstack–Sassafras Gap, 3 summits is a 10.8-mile out-and-back in Great Smoky Mountains National Park near Rymers Ferry, NC. The route passes Sassafras Gap before reaching Shuckstack at the turnaround, 5.4 miles in. It climbs 2,675 ft, with sections as steep as 27% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 88/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Shuckstack–Sassafras Gap, 3 summits
10.8 mi · ▲ 2,675 ft · 4 hr 56 min
Elevation 1,326–4,011 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 ftBear right onto Appalachian Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miSharp left onto Shuckstack Fire Tower Trail, heading NE.
- 400 ftReach Shuckstack, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 450 ftSharp right onto Appalachian Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Twentymile Trail, heading N.
- 5 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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