Roundtop Trail

Roundtop Trail
Roundtop Mountain rising above Wears Valley
Length7.5 mi (12.1 km)
LocationGreat Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee, United States
TrailheadsLyon Springs Road, just inside the park's Wear Cove boundary; the Townsend Y along Little River
UseHiking
Highest pointJust below the summit of Roundtop, 2,639 ft (804 m)
Lowest pointTrail terminus at the Townsend Y, 1,118 ft (341 m)
DifficultyModerate
SeasonYear-round
SightsVistas of Wears Valley and the mountains south of the Little River Gorge
HazardsNo bridge across Little River, if hiking one-way

The Roundtop Trail is an American hiking trail in Sevier County and Blount County sections of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The trail traverses the crest of Roundtop, a 3,077-foot (938 m) mountain that straddles the park's northern boundary. This trail, which passes through a thick forest of pine and oak and provides vistas of the valleys to the north and the mountains to the south, is one of the least-used trails in the park.[1]

  1. ^ The Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont, "Hiking Routes with Tremont Hike Programs." Retrieved: 29 February 2008.