Best
Trails of Tennessee
hiking,
road biking, mountain biking,
walking, running
#1.
Clingman's Dome
Overnight Loop
This loop starts at the
highest trailhead in the
park, taking the Appalachian
Trail past myriad views
of the park and beyond.
It then drops into Tennessee,
where you leave the high
country spruce-fir ...
From the guidebook "Day
& Overnight Hikes in
the Great Smoky Mountains
National Park"
Hiking
Trails
Gatlinburg, TN - Hiking
- 25 miles )
#2. Maddron Bald
Overnight Loop
This two-night trip is one
of if not the best backpacking
loops in the entire park!
First, hike along the lower
reaches of Gabes Mountain,
passing Henwallow Falls,
and enter virgin woodland
to camp at...
From the guidebook "Day
& Overnight Hikes in
the Great Smoky Mountains
National Park"
Hiking
Trails
Waynesville, TN - Hiking
- 17.8 miles
#3. Appalachian
Trail: Clingmans
Dome to Spence Field
This hike is a long, difficult,
beautiful hike, and by the
end, you will have your
own definition of a southern
Appalachian knob. The trail
follows an easy descent
for about 3 miles; then
a short roc...
From the guidebook "Exploring
the Appalachian Trail: Hikes
in the Southern Appalachians"
Hiking
Trails
Cades Cove, NC - Hiking
- 22.1 miles
#4. Appalachian
Trail - Carvers
Gap to US Highway 19E
This combination of magnificent
vistas, open grassy balds,
unusual vegetation, and
marvelous campsites makes
this traverse of the spine
of the Appalachians along
the AT from Carvers Gap
to US 19E a cl...
From the guidebook "Hiking
Tennessee"
Hiking
Trails
Roan Mountain, TN - Hiking
- 13.3 miles
#5. Appalachian
Trail: Allen Gap
to Devil Fork Gap
The northern half of this
hike borders the Bald Mountain
Ridge Scenic Area in the
Cherokee National Forest,
and the AT runs along a
rugged, isolated crest.
Outstanding views, masses
of rhododendron a...
From the guidebook "Exploring
the Appalachian Trail: Hikes
in the Southern Appalachians"
Hiking
Trails
Hot Springs, NC - Hiking
- 20.2 miles
#6. Fiery Gizzard
Trail
This overnight trail along
the Fiery Gizzard Creek
gorge contains some difficult
sections, but has exceptional
views and outstanding spring
wildflowers, as well as
winter ice formations of
the falls....
From the guidebook "Hiking
Tennessee"
Hiking
Trails
Monteagle, TN - Hiking -
12.5 miles
#7. Benton MacKaye
Trail: Watson Gap
to Ocoee River
The final portion of the
BMT is it’s finest.
Leave Watson Gap and enter
the Cohutta Wilderness.
The path dips down to a
couple of high elevation
streams before regaining
the Blue Ridge and heading
nor...
From the guidebook "Long
Trails of the Southeast"
Hiking
Trails
Blue Ridge, GA - Hiking
- 20 miles
#8. Big Frog Mountain
Trail
From this trail there are
many outstanding views of
the surrounding mountains,
including the Cohutta Wilderness
to the south and the Tennessee
Valley to the west. Numerous
possibilities also exist
for...
From the guidebook "Hiking
Tennessee"
Hiking
Trails
Ocoee, TN - Hiking - 5.6
miles
#9. Appalachian
Trail - Clingmans
Dome to Silers Bald
This segment of the AT starts
at the top of Clingmans
Dome and follows along the
knife-ridge boundary between
North Carolina and Tennessee.
It passes Double Spring
Gap Shelter and continues
to Silers ...
From the guidebook "Hiking
Tennessee"
Hiking
Trails
Newfound Gap, TN - Hiking
- 9.6 miles
#10. Fall Creek
Falls State Park
It is only fitting that
Fall Creek Falls—
considered by many to be
not only Tennessee’s
best state park, but one
of the finest in the Southeast—would
have some of the best walk-in
tent campsites aroun...
From the guidebook "The
Best In Tent Camping: Tennessee
& Kentucky"
Hiking
Trails
Pikeville, TN - Campgrounds
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