TO TRAILHEAD: From Asheville, NC, take I-40 W to exit 27 to US 19 S to Cherokee. Turn right onto US 441 N; go 19.2 miles to parking lot at Newfound Gap.
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CTT01
Dist: 9.99 mi
Points: 418
Calories: none
Time: none
Speed: 0.0 mph
Pace: 0:00 / mi
Chimney Tops Track 1
Points of Interest
CTT001
Location: 35.611273°, -83.425401°
Head W on Appalachian Trail from Newfound Gap. Trail straddles TN/NC state line on its way to Indian Gap
CTT002
Location: 35.611900°, -83.441109°
Crest of Mingus Lead; to N, views of Mt. LeConte, a wide string of high ridges framed by patchy balsam forest
CTT003
Location: 35.611710°, -83.442627°
Cross fence built to keep feral hogs (and their destructive tusks) out; here, trout lily and snake root fl ourish in season
CTT004
Location: 35.609482°, -83.446617°
R @ T onto Road Prong Trail for descent to creek with small cascades. Path follows original cross mountain route through Smokies, once used by Indians and settlers
CTT005
Location: 35.610630°, -83.457909°
First of several Road Prong Creek crossings. Watch footing on slick rocks and logs
CTT006
Location: 35.620789°, -83.469559°
Cross split-log bridge over Road Prong
CTT007
Location: 35.624691°, -83.470139°
L @ Y; rocky trail follows tangle of roots before dead-ending @ ridge spine. From here, begin hand-over-hand scramble up bare rock
CTT008
Location: 35.623876°, -83.479400°
Trail swings N on slender ridge
CTT009
Location: 35.629566°, -83.477823°
Double-humped Chimney Tops (4,840 ft.). Gaze over precipitous Sugarland Mtn. to Mt. LeConte. On clear days, Clingmans Dome (6,643 ft., highest point on AT) pokes out over Sweet Ridge to S. Return to trailhead
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