Mount Sterling Trail

Mount Sterling Trail is a 4.56-mile out-and-back foot trail in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee. It climbs 1,715 ft to a high point of 5,670 ft. Difficulty: strenuous, from the NPS hiking-rating formula.

Mount Sterling Trail, Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, NASA Johnson Space Center · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

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