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Mingus Mill – Newfound Gap and Overlook loop from Mingus Mill Parking

Mingus Mill – Newfound Gap and Overlook loop from Mingus Mill Parking

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9,981

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Mingus Mill – Newfound Gap and Overlook loop from Mingus Mill Parking

04:57

71.7km

1,630m

Road cycling

Hard road ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: March 28, 2026

Tips

Cycling is not permitted along parts of this route

After 0 m for 252 m

After 20.9 km for 167 m

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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133 m

Mingus Mill

Highlight • Monument

Ever wonder how old mills worked? This is your chance to find out. There's a miller on-site to do demonstrations daily at this 1886 grist mill.

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21.0 km

Viewpoint

25.0 km

Newfound Gap and Overlook

Highlight • Viewpoint

A special place in history. This is the place where President Theodore Roosevelt declared the Great Smoky Mountains a National Park in 1940.
The Rockefeller Family built the Rockefeller Memorial …

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71.7 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

48.1 km

23.2 km

291 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

70.9 km

608 m

156 m

Elevation

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Highest point (1,910 m)

Lowest point (630 m)

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Sunday 10 May

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