Smoky Mountain Hikertrash Mount Cammerer
Keith & Denise Cameron of SMHT organized this event for breast cancer awareness. Group hike to Mount Cammerer.
Mount Cammerer Day Hike - Great Smoky Mountains
Snake Stepper and Bug Whisperer made a last minute decision to celebrate the 100th Birthday of the National Park Service in the Great Smoky Mountains. We normally frequent the park during off-season, due to crowds, but this trail is challenging enough to keep the masses away :)
Our hiking destination was the Fire Tower on the top of Mount Cammerer. The summit is 4298' but during the hike you actually climb above 5000'. The western style fire tower on the top of Cammerer, was fully restored in 1995 and it provides hikers with stunning 360-degree views. Look in any direction and see row upon row of mountains.
This hike is considered strenuous, but I would recommend everyone checking it out at least once. The views are spectacular and so worth the effort.
Mt Cammerer via Low Gap Trail
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
August 28th, 2016
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TRAILS HIKED
Low Gap Trail
Appalachian Trail
Mt Cammerer Spur Trail
HIKING STATS
12.0 Miles Hiked
7:00 Elapsed Time
2.07 Average Moving Speed
7.00 Max Speed
2248' Min Elevation
5025' Max Elevation
3188' Ascent
3246' Descent
-0.1% Grade
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Bug Whisperer (James)
Snake Stepper (Lisa)
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Thank you to the State of Tennessee, the Park Service and all the Volunteers that keep our parks and recreation areas safe and clean year round!
Mount Cammerer - Big Creek Loop - Great Smoky Mountains
An awesome 18 mile loop in the Great Smoky Mountains, starts at Big Creek and up to Mount Cammerer via the Appalachian Trail and then on to the Cosby Knob Shelter. The hike continues the next day down to upper Big Creek for several waterfalls including Mouse Creek Falls. Completed in early January, we see snow, gusty winds and a lot of sunshine.
Great Smoky Mountains - Mt. Cammerer Lookout
A walking tour around the catwalk on the outside of the lookout on Mt. Cammerer in the Great Smoky Mountains.
Backpacking 50 Miles Great Smoky Mountains National Park: Hiking Trails Near Cosby Campground
Backpacking and hiking 5 days and 4 nights in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park! Highlights include the Mt. Cammerer Fire Tower, Hen Wallow Falls, evidence of historical settlements on the Old Settlers Trail, and the old-growth forest of the Albright Grove Loop Trail.
Trails include all of trails that begin or end around Cosby Campground, including Low Gap Trail, Lower Mt. Cammeron Trail, Gabes Mountain Trail, and Snake Den Ridge Trail. Also included: a portion of the Appalachian Trail and the Old Settlers Trail.
I was joined the first night by two other You-Tubing backpackers: Scott Taylor and Roger Lamb. They also made videos of the trip---
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Campsites included Campsite 35, Campsite 34, Campsite 33, and Campsite 29. You can find views and information of these campsites at these points:
4:56 Campsite 35 Gilliland Creek
10:18 Campsite 34 Sugar Cove
18:16 Campsite 33 Settlers Camp
25:46 Campsite 29 Otter Creek
Trail information and trail lore is from two books: Hiking Trails of the Smokies by the Great Smoky Mountains Association, and Hiking Great Smoky Mountains National Park by Kevin Adams.
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Backpacking the Great Smoky Mountains • 80 Mile Loop • 4 Nights
Follow Redbeard & Plug-It-In, the current record holder for the fastest person to hike all miles of the Smoky Mountain NP in 43 days, as they set out on an 80 mile loop envisioned by Plug-It-In and Redbeard. This 80 mile loop is a step up from my last loop and perfect for those who are looking to challenge themselves. Check out the route below.
Plug-It-In Circuit ROUTE
Rainbow Falls Trailhead to Trillium Gap Trail
Trillium Gap Trail to Brushy Mountain Trail
Brushy Mountain Trail to Porters Creek Trail
Porters Creek Trail to Short Dirt Road Walk
Turn Right at first Dirt Road Intersect and cross Bridge
Turn Left onto Old Settlers Trail
Old Settlers Trail to Campsite 33 (Night 1)
Campsite 33 to Maddron Bald Trail
Maddron Bald Trail to Campsite 29 (Night 2)
Campsite 29 to Snake Den Ridge Trail
Snake Den Ridge Trail to Cosby Campground
Cosby Campground to Low Gap Trail
Low Gap Trail to Appalachian Trail
Turn left on AT to Mount Cammerer Trail to Fire Lookout
Head back to AT and take a right to Cosby Knob Shelter (Night 3)
Cosby Knob Shelter to Pecks Corner Shelter (Night 4)
Pecks Corner Shelter to Boulevard Trail
Boulevard Trail to Mt Leconte Shelter (Optional Night 5)
Mt Leconte Shelter to Rainbow Falls Trail
Rainbow Falls Trail to FINISH!
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Where we were when we found out
Mount Cammerer is a mountain on the northeastern fringe of the Great Smoky Mountains, in the Southeastern United States. The mountain is situated on the state line between Cocke County, Tennessee and Haywood County, North Carolina. The Appalachian Trail traverses Cammerer's south slope and a restored fire lookout at the summit offers panoramic views of the eastern Smokies, Cocke County, and the Blue Ridge Mountains.
The quickest route to the summit of Mt. Cammerer is to ascend the Low Gap Trail from the Cosby Campground to the Appalachian Trail at Low Gap. From Low Gap, it's just over two miles (3 km) to the Mt. Cammerer Trail, which follows the ridge a half-mile or so to the summit. The total distance from the Cosby Campground to the summit is just over five miles (8 km).
Smoky Mountains hike Lower Mt. Cammerer
Hike on Mt. Cammerer in June 2010
Smoky Mountains - 30 Mile Loop
My recent (8/18 to 8/20/2017) trip to the GSMNP.
Day 1: From Cosby Campground took the Low Gap Trail up to the Appalachian Trail. Headed down to Mt Cammerer and then onto Davenport Gap Shelter for the night.
Day 2: Continued to Hwy 32 to road walk to Big Creek Campground. Took the Baxter Creek Trail up to Mt Sterling and camped at site 38.
Day 3: Continued down to Swallow Fork Trail to meet up with Low Gap Trail. Took Low Gap up to the AT and down to Cosby Campground.
Altogether 30 Miles, 2 mountain summits, and 16,000 ft of elevation change.
Trail Map:
Cosby Trip 2008 - 1
This is the drive into the campground. Not too exciting, but oh well.
Hen Wallow Falls /// Gabes Mountain trail
Cosby area
Aerial landscape photography of East Tennessee
Tennessee River. French Broad River. Clingman's Dome. Mt. Cammerer Fire Tower. Mt. LeConte. French Broad River at River Island Golf Course.
Cosby Trip 2008 - 8
more fun
Cucumber gap trail in the Smokie mountains
via YouTube Capture
Old Settlers Trail in Greenbrier
We decided on hiking the Old Settlers Trail in Greenbrier (OST) 8/13/17 it was a fun bushwhacking, yellow jacket, bug infested, snake crawling, stream wading trip to say the least.
While we did enjoy this trail, it was august and very hot and humid. I will hike this trail again but next time it'll be in the winter months.
Camp site 33 was very nice, I even had cell service at this campsite. We did a facebook live video from there.
Great Smoky Mountains - Newfound Gap
And Hiking The Old Appalachian Trail
Snake Den Ridge trail
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Higher Ground (hoopiejohn original)
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I tried to get this video done by September 24, 2011 - National Public Lands Day - but I'm late. I'm not skilled with computers. At least I'm done in time for National Public Lands Day, September 29, 2012. :-(
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I've been an avid hiker most of my life. I was inspired to compose this on a hike from Cosby up to Mt. Cammerer in the Smoky Mountains National Park - a very popular destination for hikers, especially in the warm days of fall.
I was trying to eat my lunch in peace when another party of hikers arrived.
One member of this group was a yammering, frizzly-headed girl, who I suspect was a college student and on her first ever hike. The rest of her companions, (much quieter) appeared to me, older and from well-worn gear, more experienced.
She was going on and on (and loudly), about how wonderful, how glorious, and how much fun her adventure has been.
I turned to her and said, A strenuous 2500-foot, five and a half mile climb [eleven, round trip] is not fun.Fun would be
sitting on the couch with your lover, eating popcorn and watching a movie. Everyone that comes up here is nursing some kind of broken heart. Most hike to be healed and consoled.
I heard knowing chuckles from some of the rest of her party - as though I had either revealed an unspoken truth, or maybe, I had managed to quieten her down some.
Happy trails.
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Here's a list of organizations and agencies that provide management, stewardship, protection or patronage for various federal or state lands in the Southern Appalachians. You might want to do some volunteering for some of these. Links to volunteering can typically be found within these pages. (If you're physically fit, I dare you to try trail maintenance. It is some of the hardest work you'll ever do. Been there, done that). But if volunteering is not your thing, almost all will take monetary donations, or memberships, etc, and most have links online for this purpose.
Appalachian Trail Conservancy: (I helped clear the Appalachian Trail of blowdowns after hurricane Opal).
Big South Fork: (In the heart of Cumberland Plateau, located in both Kentucky and
Tennessee. I dare you to try the Honey Creek trail (TN) sometime).
Friends of Big South Fork:
Cumberland Gap National Historical Park: (Hike up to White Rocks in Ewing, Virginia).
Friends of Cumberland Gap National Historical Park:
Cumberland Trail(TN): (Tennessee's first linear state park, under construction, and I'm sure needing all the volunteers they can get. From Tri-state Peak in Cumberland Gap, one will be able to hike across Tennessee, through the Cumberland Mountains, to Signal Mountain, near Chattanooga ).
Cumberland Trail Conference:
Friends of the Cumberland Trail:
Frozen Head State Park(TN): (Visit the park, but stay out of nearby Brushy Mountain Prison).
House Mountain(TN): (Highest point in Knox County, Tennessee)
National Forests: (Their web presence sucks. Links are too long for youtube. To volunteer contact the head ranger's office in a district within the Forest).
Cherokee National Forest - Tennessee -(I did some community service in the Nolichucky Ranger District).
Nantahala National Forest - Southwest North Carolina
Pisgah National Forest - Northwest North Carolina
Panther Creek State Park(TN):
Friends of Panther Creek State Park:
Pickett State Park(TN):
Pine Mountain State Park(KY): (There is something unbelievable there, see it, and ask yourself Why?).
Pine Mountain Trail Conference(KY-VA): (When finished, a hiker can hike from Breaks Interstate Park [The Grand Canyon of the South] to the Cumberland Gap National Park through the Cumberland Mountains in southeastern Kentucky and parts of Virginia).
Smoky Mountain Hiking Club: (I was a member for many years. Hike with them; they are the nicest bunch of strangers you could ever meet, and they maintain a section of the Appalachian Trail).
Smoky Mountain National Park:
Friends of the Smokies:
[I've hiked - parts, at least - in all of the above parks, forests and recreational areas]