The Best Hiking in Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Cove Hardwoods Nature Trail is a loop trail where you may see beautiful wildflowers located near Gatlinburg, Tennessee.

The Chimney Tops Trail is one of the most visited trails in the Smokies, which is why I recommend going up just before sunset to beat the crowd! During the summer and fall months, it's common to see a hundred people taking in the views on the same trail, but if you scramble on out after hours, y...

Spruce Fir Self-Guiding Nature Trail is a loop trail where you may see beautiful wildflowers located near Cherokee, North Carolina.

Appalachian Trail: Charlie's Bunion and Kephart Loop is a loop trail that takes you by a waterfall located near Cherokee, North Carolina.

Peregrine Peak via Alum Cave Bluffs Trail is an out-and-back trail where you may see beautiful wildflowers located near Gatlinburg, Tennessee.

The Alum Cave trailhead is on Newfound Gap Road, 8 miles from the Sugarlands Visitor Center. Mt. LeConte is the third highest peak in the Smokies, and this is an extremely popular hike, so arrive early to get a parking spot and beat the crowds. Starting from the parking lot the trail gently wind...

At the summit of Mt. LeConte in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the lodge sits at a elevation of 6400 feet. It is the only "accommodations" inside the park boundaries. It is the highest lodge in the eastern United States.   Accessible only by hiking one of the five trails to the summit,...

Courthouse Rock Trail is an out-and-back trail that takes you by a waterfall located near Gatlinburg, Tennessee.

Quilliam Cave via Courthouse Rock Trail is an out-and-back trail that takes you by a river located near Gatlinburg, Tennessee.

Appalachian Trail: Clingman Dome to Cades Cove is a point-to-point trail where you may see beautiful wildflowers located near Gatlinburg, Tennessee.

This hike can be started at the Alum Cave trailhead or the Boulevard Trailhead. For this particular adventure, the starting point is Alum Cave. If you're lucky enough to stay the night at the backcountry shelter on top of Mt. LeConte, (add 0.2 miles if coming from the Lodge), head east on the Bou...

Newfound Gap to Indian Gap is an out-and-back trail that takes you through a nice forest located near Gatlinburg, Tennessee.

From the Sugarlands Visitor Center near Gatlinburg, drive approximately 13 miles south on Newfound Gap Road to reach the Newfound Gap Parking Area (it'll be on your left). The parking area is free and there are bathrooms. Follow the Appalachian Trail towards Katahdin, Maine (1972 miles away, woah...

Appalachian Trail: Newfound Gap to Davenport Gap is a point-to-point trail where you may see beautiful wildflowers located near Gatlinburg, Tennessee.

Appalachian Trail: Newfound Gap to Fontana Lake is a point-to-point trail where you may see beautiful wildflowers located near Gatlinburg, Tennessee.

Newfound Gap Loop via Goshen Prong to Sugarland Mountain is a loop trail where you may see local wildlife located near Gatlinburg, Tennessee.