Finley Cane Trail is a 6.9-mile loop foot trail in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee. It climbs 1,215 ft to a high point of 2,055 ft. Difficulty: strenuous, from the NPS hiking-rating formula. That is the full hike: the mapped trail line covers only 5.44 mi of it, so don't plan from the map line alone. The figure is for the Park Service's “Hike the Finley Cane, Bote Mountain, Lead Cove Loop” hike, which uses this trail.
Hike the Finley Cane, Bote Mountain, Lead Cove Loop
Length 6.9 miles (11.1 km) loop 2.5 miles from Finley Cove Trailhead to Bote Mountain Trail Junction 2.4 miles from Bote Mountain Trail Junction to Lead Cove Trail Junction 1.95 miles from Lead Cove Trail Junction to Fin
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