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Date Hiked: 5/22/91
Length: 6.2 miles
Type: backtrack
Difficulty: 3
Scenery: 2
Blaze: none
Main Features: huge old trees in Albright Grove, Willis Baxter Cabin, streams
Animals: ruffed grouse hen with chicks
Location: Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee
The Maddron Bald trailhead is off highway 321 between Gatlinburg and Cosby. Driving north on highway 321 turn right onto Baxter Road a little way past Jellystone Campground, about 3 miles south of Cosby. Drive about a half mile down Baxter Road and take a sharp right at the Maddron Bald trailhead sign. There is a small parking area at the trailhead.
Approximate Altitude Changes
Ascend 1,500 feet to a high point in the grove at 3.1 miles
Miles
0.0 gate
0.7 Willis Baxter Cabin on right
0.8 stream goes under road
1.1 cascades on left
1.2 continue straight on Maddron Bald Trail at junction
1.3 stream goes under trail
1.4 stream goes under trail
1.6 wet area
2.0 stream flows under trail
2.2 go around right side of cul-de-sac and bear right onto the trail
2.4 small stream
stream flows under trail
2.5 waterfalls on right
bridge across scenic cascades
2.7 turn right onto Albright Grove Loop Trail
2.9 small stream
3.0 knob with partial views of surrounding woods
3.1 high point
3.2 turn left onto Maddron Bald Trail
3.5 continue straight on Maddron Bald Trail at
junction with Albright Grove Trail on left
6.2 car
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