Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Stone Pile Gap Trail via Thomas Divide Trail

3.8 mi · ▲ 856 ft · 1 hr 42 min

Stone Pile Gap Trail via Thomas Divide Trail is a 3.8-mile out-and-back in Great Smoky Mountains National Park near Jenkins Place, NC. It climbs 856 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 81/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi1,972 – 2,497 ft · steepest grade: 21%3.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Indian Camp Creek Road 35.46522, -83.41918
Nearest town Jenkins Place, NC

Directions

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Stone Pile Gap Trail via Thomas Divide Trail

3.8 mi · ▲ 856 ft · 1 hr 42 min

Elevation 1,972–2,495 ft

Out & Back · Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Trailhead: Indian Camp Creek Road · 35.46522, -83.41918

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 7:09 AM · sunset 7:58 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Thomas Divide Trail, heading W.
  2. 1.1 miContinue straight onto Stone Pile Gap Trail, heading N.
  3. 0.8 miReach Stone Pile Gap Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  4. 0.8 miContinue straight onto Thomas Divide Trail, heading S.
  5. 1.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 7:09 AMSunset 7:58 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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