Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Upper Sassafras Gap & Noland Divide Trail
15.1 mi · ▲ 3,656 ft · 6 hr 52 min
Upper Sassafras Gap & Noland Divide Trail is a 15.1-mile out-and-back in Great Smoky Mountains National Park near Lackey Hill, NC. The route reaches Upper Sassafras Gap at the turnaround, 7.6 miles in. It climbs 3,656 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 90/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Upper Sassafras Gap & Noland Divide Trail
15.1 mi · ▲ 3,656 ft · 6 hr 52 min
Elevation 1,810–4,595 ft
Out & Back · Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Trailhead: Deep Creek Horse Trailer Parking · 35.45953, -83.43838
Weather Sep 4: Fog, high 93°F / low 69° · precip 11% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 7:09 AM · sunset 7:58 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Deep Creek Horse Trailer Parking, heading NW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Noland Divide Trail, heading NW.
- 7.6 miReach Upper Sassafras Gap, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 7.6 miContinue straight onto Deep Creek Horse Trailer Parking, heading SE.
- 50 ftArrive 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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- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Deep Creek Horse Trailer Parking Trailhead
- Juney Whank Falls & Deep Creek Horse Trail 3.7 mi · ▲ 719 ft
- Deep Creek Horse Trail–Deep Creek Trail, 3 sights 4 mi · ▲ 290 ft
- Lonesome Pine Overlook & Noland Divide Trail 6.8 mi · ▲ 2,292 ft
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