Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Smokemont Stables Trail to Towstring Horse Trail & Tow String Horse Trail
4.9 mi · ▲ 795 ft · 2 hr 2 min
Smokemont Stables Trail to Towstring Horse Trail & Tow String Horse Trail is a 4.9-mile out-and-back in Great Smoky Mountains National Park near Ravensford, NC. It climbs 795 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 21/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Smokemont Stables Trail to Towstring Horse Trail & Tow String Horse Trail
4.9 mi · ▲ 795 ft · 2 hr 2 min
Elevation 2,138–2,608 ft
Out & Back · Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Trailhead: Bradley Fork Trail Trailhead · 35.56288, -83.31069
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 7:09 AM · sunset 7:57 PM
Horses allowed on the whole route · Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Bradley Fork Trail, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Tow String Horse Trail, heading E.
- 2.1 miSharp right onto Smokemont Stables Trail to Towstring Horse Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left onto Tow String Horse Trail, heading S.
- 350 ftReach Tow String Horse Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 300 ftBear right onto Smokemont Stables Trail to Towstring Horse Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Tow String Horse Trail, heading NW.
- 2.1 miTurn left onto Bradley Fork Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 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 Bradley Fork Trail Trailhead Trailhead
- Bradley Fork Trail 2.3 mi · ▲ 175 ft
- Bradley Fork Trail 3.3 mi · ▲ 233 ft
- Newton Bald Concession Horse Trail Loop–Smokemont Stables Trail to Towstring Horse Trail, 3 sights 7.3 mi · ▲ 1,069 ft
- Bradley Fork Trail & Smokemont Loop Trail 10.8 mi · ▲ 2,661 ft
- Chasteen Creek Trail 10.9 mi · ▲ 2,640 ft
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