Old Field Gap Trailhead

About this campground

Old Field Gap Trailhead – This trailhead is located on Old Field Gap Road.  The trailhead is signed, and parking is available, but the Burchfield Trailhead is much easier to find. From the Old Field Gap Road Trailhead, the trail follows the gated Forest Service Road for approximately 0.5 miles to a sign post, and then continues uphill and onto a wooded ridge.  The trail then crosses old forest roads, and continues to a generally heavily planted old road (FS 251C) and then west, staying at or near the top of the ridge.  When that road ends, the trail drops down to a gap, then continues uphill to a major power line crossing with great views.  This is a good camping area, but water on this entire section is problematic.  After crossing under the powerline, the trail continues east, dropping into Kirkland Gap (the Kirkland Bushwhackers had a cabin in that area in civil war times), and continues over several small peaks to Yellow Creek Mountain, passing a large microwave radio repeater.  Proceeding down from Yellow Creek Mountain, the trail continues past Lookout Rock, with some great views of the Smoky Mountain National Park, and then descends to Green Gap.