Leaving the junction of Scott Mountain Trail and Chestnut Top Trail, the Schoolhouse Gap Trail winds one mile to where Turkeypen Ridge Trail goes off to the right. After this, the trail continues 1.1 miles to the Laurel Creek Road that leads into Cades Cove. Schoolhouse Gap Trail meets the road at exactly the same place the Bote Mountain Trail comes out at. Schoolhouse Gap is 2.2 miles total.