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Mount Sterling via Big Creek Trail and Swallow Fork Trail

based on 10 tracks & routes #272 hike out of 614 in
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12.6 mi
Distance
6 hrs 46 min
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terrain
3,914 ft
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Overview

This is a moderate one way trail in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

This trail goes by Mount Sterling, Pretty Hollow Gap, 37, Brakeshoe Spring, Mouse Creek Falls, and Midnight Hole.

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