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{{Infobox Trail
                    | Image Name = GSMNP_Curry_Mountain_Trailhead.JPG
                    | City = Gatlinburg
                    | State = Tennessee
                    | Marking = None
                    | Trail Use = {{Hike}}
                    | Difficulty Rating = Medium
                    | Hike Time = 3-4
                    | Distance = 6.6
                    | Elevation Gain = 945
                    | High Point = 2775
                    | Latitude = 35.675483
                    | Longitude = -83.646433
                    | Medical = Sevierville
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| Image Name = GSMNP_Curry_Mountain_Trailhead.JPG
| Park = Great Smoky Mountains National Park
| City = Gatlinburg
| State = Tennessee
| Marking = None
| Trail Use = {{Hike}}
| Difficulty Rating = Medium
| Hike Time = 3.5 Hours
| Round Trip Distance = 6.64 Mi
| Trail Distance = 3.32 Mi
| Trail Type = In-and-Out
| Elevation Gain = 2,162 Ft
| Elevation Loss = -1,029 Ft
| High Point = 2,906 Ft
| Parking coords = 35.677075,-83.647175
| Trailhead coords = 35.675483,-83.646433
| Medical = Sevierville
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| Date reviewed = 10/25/2015
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== Trail Overview ==
== Trail Overview ==
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Located in the [[Great Smoky Mountains National Park]], a lesser used trail up a former logging road affording solitude.  Continue a bit farther to find a small cemetery.
Located in the [[Great Smoky Mountains National Park]], a lesser used trail up a former logging road affording solitude.  Continue a bit further to find a small cemetery.


== How to get there ==
== How to get there ==
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From Pigeon Forge, TN:
From Pigeon Forge, TN:
#Take US321 South/Wears Valley Rd out of town from Light #3.
#Take US321 North (actually heading east) out of town.
#Drive nine winding miles, and then take left/south onto Lyon Springs Rd. 
#Turn right
#Enter the Great Smoky Mountains National Park at Metcalf Bottoms.
#Enter the Great Smoky Mountains National Park at Medcalf Bottoms.
#Continue along roadway over one-lane wooden bridge.
#Continue along roadway over one-lane bridge.
#Turn left/east to enter picnic area and park along loop.  There is no parking at the trailhead.  Alternative is five spaces further each along the main park roadway.
#Turn left/east to enter picnic area and park along loop.  There is no parking at the trailhead.  Alternative is five spaces further each along the main park roadway.
Trailhead is past small boulders.
Trailhead is past small boulders.
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== Route Description==
== Route Description==
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The trail follows a former logging road up and up Curry Mountain.   
The trail follows a former logging road up and up the Curry Mountain.   


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|0.6
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|2020
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|Sharp turn right.  First of views.
|Shart turn right.  First of views.
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|1.4
|2.5
|2300
|2300
|More views of the valley
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|3.3
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http://tehcc.org/clubwiki/kml/GSMNP_Curry_Mountain_Trail.kml
35.674517,-83.645917~Parking along Little River Gorge Road~ ~MarkerA.png
(A) 35.674517,-83.645917
35.677075,-83.647175~Parking at Metcalf Bottoms picnic area~ ~MarkerA.png
Parking along Little River Gorge Road
35.675483,-83.646433~Trailhead on Little River Gorge Road~ ~MarkerT.png
(A) 35.677075,-83.647175
35.645305,-83.635093~Upper trailhead intersection with Meigs Mtn Trail~[[Image:GSMNP Curry Mtn_Meigs Mtn.JPG|150px|]]~MarkerT.png
Parking at Metcalf Bottoms picnic area
35.643083,-83.636950~Meigs Mountain Cemetery~ ~MarkerN.png
(G) 35.675483,-83.646433
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Trailhead on Little River Gorge Road
(G) 35.645305,-83.635093
Upper trailhead intersection with Meigs Mtn Trail
[[Image:GSMNP Curry Mtn_Meigs Mtn.JPG|150px|]]
(N) 35.643083,-83.636950
Meigs Mountain Cemetery
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== Photos ==
== Photos ==
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Image: GSMNP Curry Mountain Trailhead2.JPG|Park at Metcalf Bottoms
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Image: GSMNP Curry Mountain Trailhead3.JPG|Trailhead
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Image: GSMNP Curry Mountain Trail trees.JPG|Green tunnel view
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Image: GSMNP Curry Mountain Trail upper end.JPG|Upper trailhead
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