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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Mar–Nov · highs 13–26 °C (55–79 °F)
- J7°-3°133
- F9°-2°147
- M13°2°126
- A17°6°112
- M21°11°124
- J25°15°126
- J26°17°134
- A26°17°107
- S23°13°94
- O18°8°76
- N13°3°111
- D8°-1°129
Average high °C · low °C · precipitation mm per month. Highlighted: best months.
How we pick months
Best months are those where the 1981–2010 average daily high is 10–27 °C (50–81 °F), the average overnight low is 0 °C (32 °F) or warmer, and average precipitation is 200 mm (7.9 in) or less. Values are long-term monthly averages for the ~1 km cell at the trail point on the map, from CHELSA V2.1 climatologies (Karger et al., CC0), not a forecast. Higher or more exposed parts of a route can be colder, wetter or snowier.
Trail facts
- Mapped length
- 10 km · 6 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Mountain
- Bull Head (mountain, 1,311 m; GeoNames)
- Mountain range
- Eastern Great Smoky Mountains (Great Smoky Mountains › Blue Ridge Mountains; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 4.8 km S of Gatlinburg (Sevier County, Tennessee) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park
- Connects to
- Old Sugarlands Trail (at its start or end)
- Best months
- Mar–Nov
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Tennessee
- Continent
- North America
- Route type
- Regional route
- Route centre
- 35.6612, -83.4692
- Route start
- 35.6739, -83.4932
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 7552503
How it’s scored
Hikers can rate difficulty from 1 to 10 (1 = flat, short, easy walk for anyone; 3 = gentle hills, a little effort; 5 = moderate climbs, some fitness needed; 7 = steep or long, solid fitness required; 10 = extremely strenuous or technical; long steep climbing; experienced hikers only). The community average is shown once at least 3 people have rated the trail; until then the official or computed score is used when we have one.
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Twin Creeks Trail
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Grassy Branch Concession Horse Trail
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Baskins Creek Trail
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Painter Ridge Concession Horse Trail
1.6 mi · 2.6 km · Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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