Tunnel Bypass Trail & Whiteoak Branch Trail via Lakeshore Trail is a 7.6-mile out-and-back in Great Smoky Mountains National Park near Roundhill, NC. It climbs 1,680 ft, with sections as steep as 56% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 97/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi1,749 – 2,418 ft · steepest grade: 56%7.9 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Lakeview Drive East Parking #4 35.45870, -83.53757
Nearest town Roundhill, NC
Directions
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Tunnel Bypass Trail & Whiteoak Branch Trail via Lakeshore Trail
7.6 mi · ▲ 1,680 ft · 3 hr 22 min
Elevation 1,749–2,419 ft
Out & Back · Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Trailhead: Lakeview Drive East Parking #4 · 35.45870, -83.53757
Weather Sep 4: Fog, high 91°F / low 67° · precip 12% · wind 1 mph · sunrise 7:10 AM · sunset 7:59 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Lakeview Drive East Parking #4, heading W.
- 0.5 miBear right onto Tunnel Bypass Trail, heading SW.
- 150 ftSharp right onto Lakeshore Trail, heading W.
- 2.2 miTurn right onto Forney Creek Trail, heading W.
- 1.4 miBear right onto Whiteoak Branch Trail, heading NW.
- 1.7 miTurn left onto Lakeshore Trail, heading SW.
- 1.3 miSharp left onto Tunnel Bypass Trail, heading SW.
- 150 ftBear left onto Lakeshore Trail, heading SW.
- 0.5 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
92% dirt3% paved5% unspecified
Weather
FogTemperature 91°F67°
Feels like84°Precip12%Wind1 mphUV7Humidity77%
Hourly temperature
95°65°
Sunrise 7:10 AM12 AM3 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 7:59 PM
Sat
94°71°
17%
Sun
90°69°
Mon
79°65°
45%
Tue
85°61°
Wed
87°61°
Thu
89°63°
25%
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Lakeview Drive East Parking #4 Trailhead
- Goldmine Loop Trail & Tunnel Bypass Trail Loop 2.9 mi · ▲ 794 ft
- Gray Wolf Walk & Tunnel Bypass Trail via Lakeshore Trail 4.9 mi · ▲ 1,389 ft
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