Knoxville, Tennessee

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• Abrams Creek - Hike back in time with this easy off trail with wild life viewing
• Abrams Creek Loop 1 - Solitude hiking in the Abrams Creek gorge
• Abrams Creek Loop 2 - Abrams Falls
• Abrams Falls - Great trail and peaceful surroundings makes this one of GSMNP's popular hikes...
• AbramsFalls-HatcherMnt-CooperRd-WetBotLoop - Waterfalls, Wildlife, Mountain Views, Cade Cove View, Old Growth Forest
• Andrews Bald - Through a forest that empties out into a wide grassy bald with great views
• Anthony Creek Loop - Relax in Spence & Russell Fields on this dayhike or backpack
• AT Clingmans Dome/Mt. Collins - Peakbagging Clingman's Dome & Mt. Collins along the Appalachian Trail
• AT Clingmans Dome/Spence Field - This section of the AT offers many views as well as a diverse geology
• AT Doe Knob to Spence Field - Wildlife is a bonus on this 7 1/2 mile section of the AT
• AT Newfound Gap/Low Gap - Enjoy open vista views while hiking the crest of the Appalachian Mtns
• Baskins Creek & Grapeyard Ridge Trails - Historic cabins & steam engine wreck along the creek
• Big Ridge State Park Five Mile Loop - Nice wooded walk around Big Ridge Lake and over the Pinnacle Ridge
• Brushy Mountain Trail - This heath bald provides great views and large assotment of heath plants
• Charlies Bunion & Jumpoff - This trail offers great views in the GSMNP as well as a shelter for thru hikers
• Chestnut Top/White Oak Sinks - Annual wild flower pilgrimage with views of Thunderhead and a hidden waterfall
• Chimney Tops Trail - 360-degree views await you at the top of this 4730 ft pinnacle
• Fighting Creek Nature Trail - Wooded trail near Sugarlands Visitors Center, old cabin, frequent bear activity
• Forney Creek Loop - Views from the AT and cascades highlight this backpack trip
• Forney Ridge Trail - Challenging ridge hiking beyond Andrews Bald
• Gold Mine & Cane Creek Trails - Easy hiking to quite campsite and family cemetery
• Gregory Bald - Annual summer trek provides abundance of azaleas and blueberries
• Gregory Bald Trail - Shortest route to one of the best location in the Smokies
• Haw Ridge - Haw Ridge Park is jewel in our own backyard
• House Mountain - Take a short challenging hike right in the city!
• Indian Flat Falls - Easy hike to a hidden falls
• Injun Creek Trail, Grapeyard Ridge manway - Old homesteads, stone walls, Cemetery, historic farming lands, creeks, views
• Jakes Creek Trail - Campsite #27 and an abundance of magnolias
• Laurel Creek Loop - Laurel Creek divides this peaceful rolling terrain
• Laurel Falls Trail - Enjoy this short and easy hike to a 75' waterfall
• Little River Trail/Campsite 30 - Scenic and cool river trails lead to a campsite of solitude
• Lumber Ridge/Spruce Flats Falls - Ridge trail plus rewards await the GPS adventurous with a manway to Falls
• Maddron Bald & Albright Grove - Virgin forest and well graded trail offers a pleasant day hike
• Mt Le Conte/Alum Cave Trail - Natural formations and old growth forest before reaching breath taking views
• Mt LeConte via Rainbow Falls & Bullhead Trails - This loop hike will provide a great challenge not taken by most hikers!
• Mt LeConte/The Boulevard Trail - Rolling terrain with many views highlight this trail
• Mt Leconte/Trillium Gap Trail - Share the trail with Llamas and walk behind a refreshing waterfall
• Old Sugarlands, Twin Creeks, Gatlinburg Loop - easy hike, historic area with old homesteads.
• Porters Creek Trail - Wooded hike along Porters Creek, old cemetery, historic farm site, waterfall
• Porters Creek Trail/ Camp 31 - Trail of a thousand cascades offers something year round
• Rainbow Falls - Wildflowers and creekside hiking to the falls
• Ramsay Cascades - 90 ft waterfall, old-growth forest, 7 ft diameter tulip poplar tree
• Rich Mountain Loop - Challenging ridge trail offers something year-round
• Rocky Top - Historic trail leads to Spence Field and 360 degree views
• Smoky Mountains - Moderate hike with breathtaking views.
• Sugarland Mtn Trail/Campsite 21 - Easy dayhike or boulder campsite for backpackers enjoying views along the way
   
• Hikes outside the metro area...
• Angel Falls Overlook/Grand Gap Loop - Splendor views of the Big South Fork as well as geological formations
• Art Loeb trail from BRP to Shining Rock - Open hike over balds, with multiple 360 degree views for miles....
• AT Fontana/Doe Knob - Enjoy a side trip to Shuckstack Tower for great views of Fontana Lake
• AT I-40/Max Patch - Exit the Smokies into a challenging ascent to panoramic views
• Athens Regional Park Trail - nice hike, good for those afraid of complete wilderness, more for mountain bikes
• Balsam Mtn Trail - Pleasant ridge hiking to an AT shelter
• Bearwallow Falls - Rolling Hills, Waterfall
• Bearwallow Valley - Plentiful Rhodedendron, Beautiful overlook
• Bee Cove Falls - Wide mostly flat paths in good condition, pathside creeks, waterfall
• Beech Gap Trail to Campsite #44 - Pleasant streams and peaceful forest hiking
• Big Bend Trail to the Chatooga River - Old tree growth, rushing water and falls, Foothills_Chatooga trail access
• Bird Mountain - Wild flowers abundant on this segment of the Cumberland Trail
• Bradley CreekTrail - A relatively flat creekside hike to numerous cascades.
• Bradley Falls Trail - 100 ft waterfall, deep canyon.
• Bridal Veil Falls Trail - Scenic hike along wooded-river trail to Bridal Veil Falls.
• Caldwell Fork Loop - Great winter hiking and stand along Big Poplars
• Canebrake Trail - Gorges State Park - Lengthy downhill trek on old forestry road to beautiful Lake Jocassee.
• Cat Gap - Horse Cove Loop - Views From John Rock, Wildlife, Exercise
• Cataloochee Divide Trail - Four season trail offers something year round
• Charlies Bunion via Kephart Loop - Avoid the crowds to this scenic overlook
• Coon Branch Area_Lower Whitewater Falls - Largest Fraser magnolia in SC, old growth woods, beautiful waterfall view
• Coosa Bald - Winter Views, Waterfalls, Rolling Hills
• CT Cumberland Mtn Segment - Challenging hike provides crest trails, valley views, waterfall and a GeoCache
• Daniel Boone Scout Trail To Calloway Peak - Many Mountain Views, small springs, air plane crash, wildlife, birds
• East Fork Trail at Walhalla Fish Hatchery - Great River hike, fishing, access to Ellicott Rock, picnic area at trailhead
• Fall Creek Falls - Rated as one of top 3 waterfalls in the south, this falls plunges over 250
• Falls Branch Falls - Walk through virgin forest with a beautiful waterfall at the end
• Fletcher Creek Loop - Wildflowers, Good Exercise, Picturesque Native Trout Stream.
• fontana To Wesser AT - 30 miles of AT Cheoah Bald
• Foothills Trail - A4 to A8 - Mountain Streams, Suspension Bridges, Waterfalls
• Foothills Trail - A8 to A9 - Rolling Hills, Southern Forest, Waterfalls
• Foothills Trail - A9 to A11 - Rolling Hills, Southern Forest, Waterfalls
• Foothills trail - Sassafras Mtn - Pinnacle Mtn - Moderate hike with great views, and old indian hieroglyphics at the turn-around
• Gabes Mtn Trail/Campsite 34 - Refreshing waterfall adds to this great backpack
• Gahuti Backcountry Trail - Wonderfully peaceful trail
• Gee Wilderness - Chestnut Moutain #104 to Iron Gap - Secluded quiet area, mountan and valley views.
• Graveyard Fields Loop - waterfalls, easy hike, good exercise
• Green River Narrows - Nice deeply wooded hike along stream on the way to the Green River narrows.
• Gregory Bald via Twentymile Loop - Gregory Bald, bears,blueberries and one of the most popular campsites
• Hemphill Bald Loop Hike - Great views, big trees, and scenic stream valley in the Smokies.
• Hickory Branch Trail - Wildflowers, Cascades, Small Waterfalls, Wildlife
• High Falls,Triple Falls Hike - Beautiful set of waterfalls, multi use area, superbly maintained trails
• Horsepasture River Trail - Short hike to outstanding views of 4 large waterfalls, good camping.
• Kephart Prong Trail - Roaring Smokies creek, historic CCC camp remains, and camping shelter.
• Lake Dense - Vast variety of trails, beautiful lake, outstanding river
• Lake Imaging - small lake, hike,bike,horseback,beautiful hardwood forest
• Lake James State Park Hiking Trails - Woodland walks with great views of Lake James.
• Lake Shore Trail - fontana lake
• Laurel Falls - Great hike in the Laurel-Snow Wilderness leading to a 80ft waterfall!
• Little Bradley Falls - A nice stream side hike under a canopy of trees, old ruins and a 50 ft waterfall
• Lone Mountain - Woodland trails with views
• Lower Mtn Cammerer Trail - Views from Sutton Ridge and many peaceful stream crossings
• Maddron Bald Trail - Hike through virgin forest to views from the bald
• Mt Cammerer via Chestnut Branch Trail - Panoramic views of TN/NC from this historic lookout
• Mt Cammerer via Groundhog Ridge Manway - This offtrail ramble provides the shortest route to Mt Cammerer
• Mt Cammerer via Low Gap Trail - Open trail leads to historic lookout tower
• Mt Sterling/Little Cataloochee - BP trip has open campsite, historic lookout tower and 19th century cabins
• Oconee Bells Nature Trail at Devils Fork SP - Relaxing_peaceful hike thru a beautiful forest; Oconee Bell viewing in spring
• Oconee Station & Station Cove Falls - 18th century buildings and beautiful 60 ft waterfall
• Old Mac Trail - Wild flowers grace this easy rolling trail
• Panther Town Valley Loop - Waterfalls, Wildflowers, Wildlife, Huge Stone Monoliths (Big Green Mtn.)
• Panthertown Loop Hike - Granite rock outcrops, beautiful falls, also known as the Yosemite of the East.
• Panthetown-Tuckasegee Trail - Riverside hiking trail, numerous waterfalls.
• Piney River and Twin Rocks Nature Trails - Experience small waterfalls and cascades while viewing over 40 wildflowers
• Pink Beds Loop- short version - Level loop, nice cool hike, lots of streams, beautiful mtn laurels when in bloom
• Pink Beds Trail - Nice, relatively flat hike along stream bed, Numerous clearings.
• Rock Hop Trail Loop - Nice wood-covered walk along Bishop Branch, small waterfall and clearings.
• Rough Fork Hike - Easy hike, Beautiful Trout Stream, Old 19 Century House, Wildlife
• Shining Creek-Art Loeb-Old Butt Knob Loop Trail - Wonderful S. Appalachian creek and cove, Shining Rock, and views galore.
• Shining Rocks Hike - Unique Heath Balds, Beautiful Views, Massive Monolith Shining Rocks
• Silerbaldtrail - High clear bald with breathtaking views
• Smokemont Loop/Camp #50 - Pleasant hike and optional easy backpack
• Snake Den Ridge/AT/Low Gap - Peaceful creek crossings and multi views from the A.T.
• Snow Falls - Quite falls awaits you with great overlook views to be enjoyed on this trail
• Spicewood Branch/Chimney Top Mtn - Birds and Blooms this trail has it all including valley views
• Stone Mountain Hike - 360 Deg. Views in winter, Great colors in fall, Good Exercise
• The Narrows - Awsome display of rated 4-5 rapids within the Green River Narrows
• Three Falls Hike - Waterfalls, Beautiful River Views, Good Exercise
• Triple Falls Loop - Beatiful waterfalls, wooded trail.
• Turkey Pen Gap Trail - Mountain Views, Lush valleys, Long walk beside the river
• Twin Arches Loop Trail - Great nature trail that leads to a natural marvel in Twin Arches
• Virgin Falls Loop - Many creeks and waterfalls
• Whiteside Mountain Trail - Beautiful loop trail, gorgeous views overlooking steep cliffs, peregrine falcons
• Yellow Bluff/Polly Branch Loop - Wooded trails, waterfalls, creek crossings, wildlife and mountain views
• Yellow Branch Falls - Rolling Hills, Southern Forest, Waterfall

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