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Mount Cammerer and Big Creek - Great Smoky Mountains National Park, NC

3,508 views · Published 16 June 2016 · 23:34 · Indexed 11 October 2026

Channel: Zachary Robbins · 2016 · Travel & Events

Big hiking loop from the Big Creek Campground in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, NC. First I took the Chestnut Branch Trail up to the Appalachian Trail and headed south towards Mt. Cammerer. The octagonal stone fire tower is one of the prettiest in the state and has good views of the Bald Mountains, Newfound Mountains, Mt. Sterling, and the northern Great Smokies, although it was very hazy this day. Next I continued south to take the Low Gap Trail down to Big Creek, a river really, and strolled back to the campground passing by Mouse Creek Falls and Midnight Hole. I even got to see a female elk wandering around the parking area at the end, in addition to a young copperhead, garter snake, and a swarm of butterflies feasting on horse poop.

Total hike 17.8 miles in 7 hours and 45 minutes with 4,359 feet elevation gain.

Hike location
https://goo.gl/maps/wJGu8vLLMg81LD6e9

Hike reports
http://www.hikingupward.com/GSMNP/MtCammererBigCreek/
http://www.zacharyrobbins.net/zachsmildadventures/mt-cammerer-big-creek-great-smoky-mountains-national-park-nc/

Mount Cammerer and Big Creek - Great Smoky Mountains National Park, NC

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