Great Smoky Mountains National Park · North Carolina, Tennessee

Turkeypen Ridge Trail

3.6 mi of trail, end to end · about 550 ft of climbing · 1,725 ft–2,094 ft · native surface · trail class Developed

Gaps

1,750 ft 1,813 ft · 3.3 mi high 2,093 ft

Along the way Dosey Gap

Trailheads Finley Cane Trail Trailhead 1,829 ft Drive there · Turkeypen Ridge Trail Trailhead 1,827 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.