Hiking Great Smoky Mountains National Park

by Kevin Adams

Overview

Completely revised and updated for 2021, Hiking Great Smoky Mountains National Park, 3rd Edition is the must-have guide to the best trails in America's most-visited national park.

Discover the 82 greatest hikes within Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Everyone from the avid trekker to family day-hiker will find a new trail to enjoy in the Smokies. Each hike is covered by concise descriptions, detailed maps, and turn-by-turn directions. Set out confidently, and enjoy glorious views and peaceful wilderness.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781493040728
Publisher:	Globe Pequot Publishing
Publication date:	05/15/2021
Series:	Regional Hiking Series
Edition description:	3rd Edition
Pages:	330
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Kevin Adams, a naturalist, writer, teacher, and photographer, has had a lifelong love affair with nature and the outdoors, and he enjoys sharing his passion with others. An accomplished photography instructor, Kevin leads photo tours in the Southeast and abroad and teaches numerous workshops and seminars throughout the year Kevin lives in Waynesville, North Carolina in the shadow of the Great Smokies. For more about Kevin, visit his website at www.kadamsphoto.com.

Peter Barr has been voraciously exploring the Great Smoky Mountains on-and-off trail for two decades. He has hiked all 900 miles of trails in the Park and married his wife, Allison, in Cataloochee’s Palmer Chapel.When not exploring the Smokies, Peter serves as Trails Director for Conserving Carolina, a land conservancy in western North Carolina, where he is a two-two time nationally award-winning trail designer and has developed more than 20 miles of sustainable trails on protected lands in the Hickory Nut Gorge.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments vii

Meet Your Guides viii

Introduction 1

How to Use This Guide 1

What It's Really Like 3

Getting to the Park 5

Supplies and Services 7

The Trails 7

Backcountry Campsites and Permits 8

Backcountry Use Regulations 9

Leave No Trace 11

Make It a Safe Trip 11

Trail Finder 19

Map Legend 23

The Hikes

Northwest Section

1 Gatlinburg Trail 25

2 Fighting Creek Nature Trail 29

3 Cove Hardwoods Nature Trail 31

4 Chimney Tops 34

5 Road Prong 38

6 Sugarland Mountain 42

7 Laurel Falls and Cove Mountain 45

8 Elkmont Nature Trail 49

9 Cucumber Gap and Little River 52

10 Little River 56

11 Goshen Prong 59

12 Jakes Creek and Lynn Camp Prong 63

13 Walker Sisters Home 68

14 Spruce Flats Falls 70

15 Indian Flats Falls 73

16 Lynn Camp Prong and Appalachian Trail 77

17 Chestnut Top Wildflowers 81

18 Lead Cove and Finley Cane 83

19 Turkey pen Ridge and Finley Cane 86

20 Spence Field via Cades Cove 89

21 Rich Mountain Loop 93

22 Abrams Falls 96

23 Cooper Road and Rabbit Creek 100

24 Gregory Bald via Cades Cove 104

25 Pine Oak Nature Trail 108

26 Pine Mountain and Abrams Fails 110

27 Abrams Creek and Cooper Road 113

Northeast Section

Hiking to Mount LeConte 116

28 Sugarlands Valley Nature Trail 119

29 Alum Cave Bluffs 121

30 Charlies Bunion 124

31 Mount LeConte via The Boulevard 127

32 Noah "Bud" Ogle Nature Trail 131

33 Twin Creeks 133

34 Rainbow Falls 136

35 Mount LeConte via Rainbow Falls and Bull Head 140

36 Grotto Falls 144

37 Mount LeConte via Trillium Gap 147

38 Baskins Creek Falls 150

39 Porters Creek 152

40 Brushy Mountain 155

41 Ramsey Cascades 158

42 Albright Grove 161

43 Old Settlers Trail 164

44 Cosby Nature Trail 168

45 Mount Cammerer 170

46 Maddron Bald and Hen Wallow Fails 173

Southwest Section

47 Mingus Mill and Newton Bald 178

48 Deep Creek 181

49 Spruce-Fir Nature Trail 186

50 Noland Divide 188

51 Clingmans Dome 191

52 Andrews Bald 194

53 Forney Ridge and Noland Divide 196

54 Silers Bald and Forney Creek 199

55 Juney Whank Falls 204

56 Deep Creek Loop 207

57 Indian Creek and Sunkota Ridge 209

58 Goldmine Loop 212

59 Hazel Creek and Bone Valley 215

60 Eagle Creek, Spence Field, and Hazel Creek 219

61 Shuckstack 225

62 Twentymile Loop 229

63 Gregory Bald via Twentymile 232

Southeast Section

64 Oconaluftee River 236

65 Smokemont Nature Trail 238

66 Smokemont Loop 240

67 Bradley Fork and Chasteen Creek 242

68 Kephart Prong 246

69 Charlies Bunion and Bradley Fork 250

70 Hemphill Bald 256

71 Balsam Mountain Nature Trail 259

72 Flat Creek 261

73 Hyatt Ridge 264

74 Boogerman 267

75 Rough Fork and Caldwell Fork 271

76 Little Cataloochee 275

77 Mount Sterling 280

78 Big-Greek 284

79 Big Creek and Mount Sterling 288

80 Big Creek Perimeter Loop 293

Appalachian Trial

Overview of the Appalachian Trail 299

81 Appalachian Trail West 303

82 Appalachian Trail East 310

Appendix: Local Information and Services 316

Hike Index 318

Editorial Reviews

Completely revised and updated for 2021, Hiking Great Smoky Mountains National Park, 3rd Edition is the must-have guide to the best trails in America's most-visited national park.

Midwest Book Review