A 1.6-mile trail that starts outside the Oconaluftee Visitor Center, crosses the Blue Ridge Parkway, and then continues to the park border with the Cherokee Indian Reservation.

This is the tail-end portion of Mountains-to Sea Trail in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, stretching 6.2 miles.  Coming out of Campsite #52, near Newton Bald and the Newton Bald Trail intersection, Mingus Creek Trail runs 3.3 miles down to the intersection of Deeplow Gap Trail from the Deep Creek area.  After this, there