Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Upper Sassafras Gap & Pole Road Creek Trail via Noland Divide Trail
14.9 mi · ▲ 3,638 ft · 6 hr 47 min
Upper Sassafras Gap & Pole Road Creek Trail via Noland Divide Trail is a 14.9-mile out-and-back in Great Smoky Mountains National Park near Fort Harry, TN. The route reaches Upper Sassafras Gap. It climbs 3,638 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 94/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Upper Sassafras Gap & Pole Road Creek Trail via Noland Divide Trail
14.9 mi · ▲ 3,638 ft · 6 hr 47 min
Elevation 2,393–5,933 ft
Out & Back · Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Trailhead: Noland Divide Trail · 35.56717, -83.48182
Weather Sep 4: Partly cloudy, high 70°F / low 58° · precip 14% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 7:09 AM · sunset 7:59 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Noland Divide Trail, heading NE.
- 3.7 miTurn left onto Pole Road Creek Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftPass Upper Sassafras Gap.
- 3.1 miTurn right onto Deep Creek Trail, heading S.
- 0.7 miReach Upper Sassafras Gap, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.7 miTurn left onto Pole Road Creek Trail, heading W.
- 3.1 miTurn right onto Noland Divide Trail, heading SW.
- 3.6 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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