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JOYCE KILMER SLICKROCK CREEK - SLICKROCK CREEK
TRAIL
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| LOCATION:
Western NC/Eastern TN |
| HIKE
STARTS: Big Fat Gap Parking Area |
| HIKE ENDS:
Topoco Parking Area |
| TOTAL
DISTANCE: 9.6 Miles |
| HIKE TYPE:
One Way, Shuttle Hike |
| HIKE
DIFFICULTY: Difficult to Very Difficult |
| TRAILS
USED: Big Flat Trail, Slickrock Creek |
| TRAIL
TRAFFIC: Light to Moderate |
| TRIP TYPE:
Overnight Hike |
| MANAGEMENT:
Joyce Kilmer Slickrock Creek Wilderness |
HIGHLIGHTS: Joyce Kilmer–Slickrock
Creek Wilderness was designated with the passage of the 1975 Wilderness Act and
expanded in size in 1984 with the North Carolina Wilderness Act. The
17,013 acres of forest shares a common boundary along the Unicoi Mountains with
the Citico Creek Wilderness in the Cherokee National Forest in Tennessee, but
the majority of land is in the Nantahala National Forest in North Carolina.
Although the wilderness is best known for the gigantic strands of virgin timber
in the Poplar Cove area, the main watershed of Slickrock Creek is popular with
both hikers and fisherman. This hike starts at Big Fat Gap parking area and
descends along the Big Flat Trail to the Slickrock Creek Trail which follows the
stream down to its junction with Calderwood Lake.
Here the trail climbs a ridge and turns east toward the Tapoco parking area
(which is also known as the Slickrock Creek Trailhead) at US 129 near the Cheoah
Dam. Wildcat
and Lower Falls are two nice waterfalls on the route, but the trail can be
difficult to find at times and the numerous creek crossings make this a very
challenging hike.
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