Great Smoky Mountains National Park
The Flats–Gold Mine Gap, 7 sights
12.4 mi · ▲ 1,906 ft · 5 hr 5 min
The Flats–Gold Mine Gap, 7 sights is a 12.4-mile out-and-back in Great Smoky Mountains National Park near Happy Valley, TN. The route passes Gold Mine Gap, The Flats and Cane Gap. It climbs 1,906 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 82/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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The Flats–Gold Mine Gap, 7 sights
12.4 mi · ▲ 1,906 ft · 5 hr 5 min
Elevation 1,112–2,065 ft
Out & Back · Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Trailhead: Cooper Road Trail · 35.61063, -83.93286
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 7:11 AM · sunset 8:01 PM
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- Start on Cooper Road Trail, heading E.
- 2.5 miPass Gold Mine Gap.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Gold Mine Trail, heading W.
- 1 miReach The Flats, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1 miBear left onto Cooper Road Trail, heading NE.
- 0.5 miPass Cane Gap.
- 1.7 miBear right onto Hatcher Mountain Trail, heading SW.
- 2.5 miSharp left onto Little Bottoms Trail, heading N.
- 2.2 miTurn left onto Cooper Road Trail, heading NW.
- 0.9 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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More from Cooper Road Trail Trailhead
- Gold Mine Gap–Buchanan Cemetery Access, 4 saddles 6.9 mi · ▲ 869 ft
- Abrams Falls Trail–Cooper Road Trail, 4 sights 14.7 mi · ▲ 1,934 ft
- Cooper Road Trail–Hannah Mountain Trail, 6 sights 15.4 mi · ▲ 2,774 ft
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