Alabama trails · Pinhoti Trail
Pinhoti Trail
A 10.7-mile out-and-back in Alabama, with 848 ft of climbing. Reaches Clairmont Gap and other pass destinations.
Elevation profile
The climbing leans toward the first third: 52% of the ascent falls between mile 0.0 and mile 3.6. It gives back about 1,450 ft along the way, so it rolls rather than climbing steadily.
3-D terrain
USGS 3DEP ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Reaches
- Clairmont Gap (pass)
- Ironston Gap (pass)
- Adams Gap (pass)
- Patterson Gap (pass)
Getting there
PINHOTI ADAMS GAP TH — parking nearby. About 50 min drive (19 mi, 9 of them unpaved) from Oxford. 33.40461, -85.87456 · directions
Daylight at the trailhead
On October 14, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 6:22 a.m., the sun rises at 6:47 a.m. and sets at 6:11 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 6:36 p.m. (CDT) — 11 h 24 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 21.4-mile round trip takes roughly 8 h 47 min, so leaving the trailhead at sunrise puts you back around 3:34 p.m. — 2 h 37 min before sunset.
Loop options
- Pinhoti National Recreation Trail + Pinhoti Trail — 3.3 mi loop, 657 ft gain
- Pinhoti Trail + PINHOTI NRT — 6.0 mi loop, 1,493 ft gain
Nearby trails
- Pinhoti Nrt — 0.0 mi
- Skyway Loop Hiking Trail — 0.0 mi
- Chinnabee Silent Hiking Trail — 3.7 mi
- Nubbin Creek Hiking Trail — 4.1 mi