Hen Wallow Falls
A 4.4-mile round trip on the Gabes Mountain Trail from Cosby to the 90-foot Hen Wallow Falls.
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- Length
- 4.4 mi
- Elevation gain
- 900 ft
- Difficulty
- moderate
- Route
- out-and-back
Trail conditions
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2.3 mi · 1,005 ft of climbing · high 2,996 ft · low 2,166 ft
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Parking
Cosby Picnic Area; a Great Smoky Mountains parking tag is required for stays over 15 minutes. Pets are not allowed on park trails.
Directions to parkingWeather at the trailhead
75°FOvercast now
Sunrise 6:16 AM · Sunset 8:50 PM
- TodayOvercast75° / 59°F11% precip
- WedClear83° / 64°F2% precip
- ThuThunderstorm84° / 66°F64% precip
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From the Gabes Mountain trailhead at Cosby the trail climbs through rich hardwood forest before a short, steep side path drops to the base of the falls at about 2.1 miles. Hen Wallow Creek is only a couple of feet wide at the lip but fans out to twenty or thirty feet across the rock face at the bottom. The final pitch to the base is steep and rooty.