Difficulty: Easy – Slightly Moderate Length: 0.5 miles one way Look Rock is a short almost completely paved trail trail leading to the Look Rock Fire Tower. This is somewhat easy due to its distance, but does provide for a moderately steep climb along the first half of the trail. If coming...
Length: 0.1 miles one way Difficulty: Easy Cataract Falls is likely the easiest waterfall to view within the Smoky Mountain National Park. The short 0.1 mile walk is located very close to the Sugarland’s visitor center. While the falls are not the most magnificent one will ever see, they’re located on such an...
Length: 1.1 Miles Difficulty: Easy The Walker Sisters Cabin Trail is an easy 1.1 mile walk along a dirt and gravel service road. The Walker Sisters were a group of five sisters well known in the Smoky Mountains as being the last holdouts of those living in the National Park. When the government...
Difficulty: Easy Length: 0.6 miles one way Metcalf Bottoms Trail is a short dirt trail bringing hikers from the Metcalf Bottoms picnic area to the Little Greenbrier School house. The trail begins just to the right and past the wooden car bridge. From here, the hike runs parallel with Little Greenbrier River before...
This 9 Hole Disc Golf Course located at the base of Signal Mountain is in a little need of some landscaping upkeep, but presents a few challenging holes, is free, and is very accessible from the Chattanooga area. While only 9 holes, the course features cement/concrete tee pads, quality disc craft baskets, and...
Gatlinburg, TN Distance: 6 mile automotive loop The Roaring Fork Motor Nature Trail provides a very nearby opportunity to visitors of Gatlinburg to get out of downtown and see the Smoky Mountains as they were 100 years ago. This motor nature trail brings visitors to numerous historic cabins, beautiful overlooks, and deep into old...
Great Smoky Mountains National Park Length: 0.5 miles one way Difficulty: Moderate Clingmans Dome is the highest point in the Great Smoky Mountains and in Tennessee. From the top of the observation tower pictures above, one can, at times, see for over 100 miles in every direction. Unfortunately, these times are rare, and it...
Smoky Mountain National Park Cades Cove is a beautiful park in the Great Smoky Mountain National Park. Central to the park is an 11 mile one-way motor vehicle loop that encircles the valley. This loop brings visitors around the Cades Cove Valley. The drive contains a number of pull offs to view the wildlife,...
iking Trail in Cades Cove Difficulty: Moderate to Difficult Length : 2.5 miles (one way) Abrams Falls is a hiking trail in the midst of Cades Cove. This trail is what I would called a “long” 5 mile hike round trip. I say this because, as I think some hikers could probably recognize (and...
