Great Smoky Mountains National Park · North Carolina, Tennessee

Grapeyard Ridge Trail

7.5 mi of trail, end to end · about 1,300 ft of climbing · 2,100 ft of descent · 1,679 ft–2,987 ft · native surface · trail class Developed

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2,421 ft 2,494 ft · 2.6 mi high 2,987 ft

Along the way Ramsey Cascades Road Bridge #1 Roaring Fork Motor Nature Trail Bridge #2 James Gap Alex Cole Cabin Friendship Baptist Church Cemetery Homer / Jim Bales Barn

Trailheads Grapeyard Ridge Trail Trailhead 1,673 ft Drive there · Grapeyard Ridge Trail Trailhead 2,415 ft Drive there

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About this trail's facts

The lines are the National Park Service's public trails layer, the trailheads and the waterfalls, views, peaks and historic places along them the Service's public points of interest, read 2026-10-16 and simplified for the map; the length is the line's, end to end. The write-ups are the Service's own "things to do" text, unedited. Heights come from USGS 3DEP through Terrain Tiles on AWS (Mapzen/Tilezen), read along each line and rounded; a short trail on steep ground can be off by a few tens of feet. Closures change: check the park's own site before you go.