{"id":23,"date":"2007-07-09T12:53:02","date_gmt":"2007-07-09T16:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.outragegis.com\/trails\/2007\/07\/09\/grand-gap-loop-john-muir-trail\/"},"modified":"2015-02-07T18:14:12","modified_gmt":"2015-02-07T23:14:12","slug":"grand-gap-loop-john-muir-trail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outragegis.com\/trails\/2007\/07\/09\/grand-gap-loop-john-muir-trail\/","title":{"rendered":"Grand Gap Loop &#8211; John Muir Trail"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"noaaWeatherIcon alignleft\" style=\"float: left;\" title=\"Twin Arches\" src=\"http:\/\/pixel.outragegis.com\/d\/5050-2\/aab.jpg\" alt=\"Twin Arches\" width=\"200\" height=\"134\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Hiker\" src=\"http:\/\/www.outragegis.com\/2006\/images\/index\/images\/outrageGIS-2006_16.gif\" alt=\"Hiker\" align=\"bottom\" \/> <strong>Big South Fork Map<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Distance:<strong> 6 Miles<\/strong> round-trip from Leatherwood Ford<br \/>\nDifficulty: <strong>++<br \/>\n<\/strong>Scenic Views:<strong> ++++<br \/>\n<\/strong>Elevation Relief:<strong> 525ft <\/strong>^<\/p>\n<p>Ownership: <strong>Big South Fork, <\/strong>NPS<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?f=q&amp;hl=en&amp;geocode=&amp;q=36.47813916+++-84.66768273&amp;layer=t&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;ll=36.478172,-84.667683&amp;spn=0.110424,0.181274&amp;z=13&amp;iwloc=addr&amp;om=0\"> Google<\/a> to trailhead &amp; coordinates<\/p>\n<table class=\"SimpleButton\" style=\"height: 43px;\" width=\"321\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a class=\"Button\" href=\"http:\/\/www.outragegis.com\/sheltowee\">Big South Fork Trail Map: $12<\/a><\/td>\n<td><a class=\"Button\" href=\"http:\/\/www.outragegis.com\/sheltowee\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"GoImage\" src=\"http:\/\/www.outragegis.com\/store\/skin1\/images\/go.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>The hike from Leatherwood Ford along the John Muir Trail to the Grand Gap Loop trail is one of the most scenic river walks in the park. Contrasting the views of wildflowers and Fall Branch creek are the gorge overlooks found along the 4 mile stretch of Grand Gap Trail that hugs the cliffline above the river. The notable vista is the Angel Falls overlook and many deep pools in the river for swimming and fishing. You might find other happy day hikers and backpackers who shuttle from Bandy Creek Campground and hike the 12 miles from Leatherwood Ford back to the campground.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pixel.outragegis.com\/main.php?g2_view=keyalbum.KeywordAlbum&amp;g2_keyword=Big+South+Fork\" target=\"_blank\">Photographs<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Big South Fork Map Distance: 6 Miles round-trip from Leatherwood Ford Difficulty: ++ Scenic Views: ++++ Elevation Relief: 525ft ^ Ownership: Big South Fork, NPS Google to trailhead &amp; coordinates Big South Fork Trail Map: $12 The hike from Leatherwood Ford along the John Muir Trail to the Grand Gap Loop trail is one of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[14],"class_list":["post-23","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-great-trails-and-trips-in-big-south","tag-hiking-maps","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outragegis.com\/trails\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outragegis.com\/trails\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outragegis.com\/trails\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outragegis.com\/trails\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outragegis.com\/trails\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.outragegis.com\/trails\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1378,"href":"https:\/\/www.outragegis.com\/trails\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23\/revisions\/1378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outragegis.com\/trails\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outragegis.com\/trails\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outragegis.com\/trails\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}