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- The Lower Mount Cammerer trail extends 7.4 miles (11.9 km) towards the summit of Mount Cammerer. From there, the Appalachian Trail allows access to the summit and firetower, about 3 miles (4.8 km) further along.
- The trail is often taken as part of a joint loop hike, with the Appalachian and Low Gap trails, which lead back down to the Cosby Campground
- Mount Cammerer was named for Arno. B. Cammerer, a former director of the National Park Service (1933-1940), and proponent of the GSMNP.
- The trailhead is located in the Cosby Campground, just outside of Cosby, Tennessee, inside of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. It can be accessed by the east from Gatlinburg, Tennessee via U.S. Highway 321, or west from Interstate 40 and the Foothills Parkway.
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