Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Spruce Flats Falls–Buckhorn Gap, 4 sights
9.5 mi · ▲ 1,994 ft · 4 hr 10 min
Spruce Flats Falls–Buckhorn Gap, 4 sights is a 9.5-mile out-and-back in Great Smoky Mountains National Park near Tremont, TN. The route passes Spruce Flats Falls before reaching Buckhorn Gap at the turnaround, 4.8 miles in. It climbs 1,994 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 79/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Spruce Flats Falls–Buckhorn Gap, 4 sights
9.5 mi · ▲ 1,994 ft · 4 hr 10 min
Elevation 1,400–2,628 ft
Out & Back · Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Trailhead: Buckeye Trail · 35.63433, -83.68217
Weather Sep 4: Partly cloudy, high 93°F / low 77° · precip 5% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 7:10 AM · sunset 8:00 PM
No dogs on part of this route
- Start on Buckeye Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftPass Spruce Flats Falls.
- 0.6 miSharp right, heading N.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Lumber Ridge Trail, heading NW.
- 4 miPass Buckhorn Gap.
- 50 ftReach Spruce Flats Falls, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 4.1 miContinue straight onto Buckeye Trail, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.6 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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- No dogs on part of this route
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