Deep Creek Trail
Deep Creek Trail is a 27.9-mile out-and-back foot trail in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee. It climbs 2,857 ft to a high point of 4,733 ft. Difficulty: very strenuous, from the NPS hiking-rating formula.
- 13.95 mione way
- 27.9 miround trip
- 2,857 ftelevation gain
- 4,733 fthigh point
- Very strenuousdifficulty
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From the National Park Service
Hike Deep Creek Trail to Indian Creek Falls
Length 1.6 miles (2.6 km) roundtrip Elevation Gain 160 ft (48.8 m) Parking & Trailhead Park at the end of Deep Creek Road to access the Deep Creek Trailhead past the Deep Creek Campground.
Read the official NPS description
The Park Service lists a shorter hike along this trail: Hike Deep Creek Trail to Indian Creek Falls, 1.6 mi round trip. The whole mapped trail is 27.9 mi.
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