Twentymile Trail

Twentymile Trail is a 10.06-mile out-and-back foot trail in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee. It climbs 2,292 ft to a high point of 3,666 ft. Difficulty: very strenuous, from the NPS hiking-rating formula.

Twentymile Trail, Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Photo: Chris M Morris · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

From the National Park Service

Hike to Twentymile Cascade
Length 1.2 miles (1.9 km) roundtrip Parking & Trailhead Twentymile Trailhead at the end of the road just beyond Twentymile Ranger Station.
Read the official NPS description

The Park Service lists a shorter hike along this trail: Hike to Twentymile Cascade, 1.2 mi round trip. The whole mapped trail is 10.06 mi.

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