Tennessee trails · South Rim Trail
South Rim Trail
A 6.3-mile out-and-back in Tennessee, with 91 ft of climbing. Reaches Yellow Bluff View and other viewpoint destinations. Managed by the state.
Elevation profile
The climbing leans toward the final third: 48% of the ascent falls between mile 4.2 and mile 6.3. It gives back about 200 ft along the way, so it rolls rather than climbing steadily.
3-D terrain
USGS 3DEP ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Reaches
- Yellow Bluff View (viewpoint)
- Champion Overlook (viewpoint)
- Step Down Overlook (viewpoint)
- Savage Falls Overlook (South Rim) (viewpoint)
- Savage Creek Swinging Bridge (viewpoint)
- Savage Falls Overlook (Day Loop) (viewpoint)
- Moonshine Still Remnants (viewpoint)
- Former Moonshine Still Site (viewpoint)
Heads up
Getting there
South Rim Trail access. About 43 min drive (21 mi, 2 of them unpaved) from Dunlap. 35.44229, -85.59809 · 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 6:08 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 6:34 p.m. (CDT) — 11 h 21 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 12.6-mile round trip takes roughly 4 h 46 min, so leaving the trailhead at sunrise puts you back around 11:34 a.m. — 6 h 35 min before sunset.
Nearby trails
- Collins Rim Trail — 0.0 mi
- North Rim Trail — 2.0 mi
- Lower Loop Trail — 20.5 mi