Editing GSMNP Curry Mountain Trail

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                     | 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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== 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 further to find a small cemetery.

== How to get there ==
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From Pigeon Forge, TN:
#Take US321 South/Wears Valley Rd out of town from Light #3.
#Drive nine winding miles, and then take left/south onto Lyon Springs Rd.  
#Enter the Great Smoky Mountains National Park at Metcalf Bottoms.
#Continue along roadway over one-lane wooden 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.
Trailhead is past small boulders.

== Route Description==
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The trail follows a former logging road up and up the Curry Mountain.  

{| class="wikitable" border="1"
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!Distance (mi)
!Elevation (ft)
!Description
|-
|0.0
|1830
|Trailhead 
|-
|1.5
|2020
|Shart turn right.  First of views.
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|2.5
|2300
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|3.3
|2775
|Intersect Meigs Mountain Trail between Elkmont and Treemont
|}

== Typical Conditions ==
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National Park Service does trail maintenance primarily between May thru Nov, thus some blowdowns possible during the off-season.  While the trail crosses a few drainages with stepping stones, the tread indicated it can be a downhill stream after a significant rain. 

== Fees, Permits, etc. ==
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No fee.  Per NPS policy, no mountain bikes or dogs.  Posted for no horses.

== After the Hike ==
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Head west on Meigs Mountain trail to reach a small cemetery.

== Misc. Information ==
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Be aware that black bears are in the area.

== Maps ==
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<googlemap version="0.9" lat="35.66" lon="-83.646433" type="terrain" zoom="14" width="750" height="600" scale="yes" controls="medium" icons="http://tehcc.org/clubwiki/kml/marker{label}.png">
http://tehcc.org/clubwiki/kml/GSMNP_Curry_Mountain_Trail.kml
(A) 35.674517,-83.645917
Parking along Little River Gorge Road
(A) 35.677075,-83.647175
Parking at Metcalf Bottoms picnic area
(G) 35.675483,-83.646433
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
</googlemap>

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[[Category:Tennessee]] [[Category:Medium]]