Laurel Falls
|
|
Laurel Falls is one of the most popular destinations in the park and parking at the trailhead is very limited. Laurel Branch and the 80-foot high Laurel Falls are named for mountain laurel, an evergreen shrub which blooms along the trail and near the falls in May.When you get to the falls you come in to it in the middle of it. If you keep hiking past it about 3/4 of a mile, you come into old growth forest. The trees are very large here!
The trail is 2.6 miles roundtrip. The trail is paved and is suitable for strollers.
Trail Features: Waterfalls
Trail Location: Little River Road
Roundtrip Miles: 2.6 miles
Total Elevation Gain: 314 feet
Avg. Elev Gain / Mile: 273 feet
Highest Elevation: 2677 feet
|
Deep Creek Loop
|
|
Trail Features: Waterfalls / Wildflowers
Trail Location: Deep Creek
Roundtrip Miles: 4.6 miles
Total Elevation Gain: 579 feet
Avg. Elev Gain / Mile: 252 feet
Highest Elevation: 2437 feet
|
Balsam Mountain
|
|
|
Hen Wallow Falls
|
|
|
Husky Gap
|
|
Trail Features: Quiet Forest Hike
Trail Location: Newfound Gap Road
Roundtrip Miles: 4.2 miles
Total Elevation Gain: 1240 feet
Avg. Elev Gain / Mile: 590 feet
Highest Elevation: 3180 feet
|
Indian Creek Falls
|
|
Trail Features: Waterfalls
Trail Location: Deep Creek
Roundtrip Miles: 1.9 miles
Total Elevation Gain: 150 feet
Avg. Elev Gain / Mile: 158 feet
Highest Elevation: 1998 feet
|
Rough Fork Trail
|
|
|
Schoolhouse Gap
|
|
Trail Features: Quiet Forest Hike / Wildflowers
Trail Location: Between Townsend and Cades Cove
Roundtrip Miles: 3.8 miles
Total Elevation Gain: 513 feet
Avg. Elev Gain / Mile: 270 feet
Highest Elevation: 2158 feet
|
Spruce-Fir Trail
|
|
Trail Features: Spruce-Fir Forest
Trail Location: Clingmans Dome Road
Roundtrip Miles: 0.35 miles
Total Elevation Gain: 25 feet
Avg. Elev Gain / Mile: 143 feet
Highest Elevation: 5684 feet
|
Toms Branch Falls
|
|
Trail Features: Waterfalls
Trail Location: Deep Creek
Roundtrip Miles: 0.6 miles
Total Elevation Gain: 47 feet
Avg. Elev Gain / Mile: 157 feet
Highest Elevation: 1905 feet
|
Juney Whank Falls
|
|
Trail Features: Waterfalls
Trail Location: Deep Creek
Roundtrip Miles: 0.5 miles
Total Elevation Gain: 194 feet
Avg. Elev Gain / Mile: 776 feet
Highest Elevation: 2032 feet
|
Little River Trail
|
|
Trail Features: Stream / Wildflowers / Historical
Trail Location: Elkmont
Roundtrip Miles: 4.9 miles
Total Elevation Gain: 412 feet
Avg. Elev Gain / Mile: 168 feet
Highest Elevation: 2637 feet
|
Meigs Mountain Trail
|
|
Trail Features: Quiet Forest Hike
Trail Location: Elkmont
Roundtrip Miles: 4.6 miles
Total Elevation Gain: 661 feet
Avg. Elev Gain / Mile: 287 feet
Highest Elevation: 2744 feet
|
Mingus Creek
|
|
|
Oconaluftee River Trail
|
|
Trail Features: Stream
Trail Location: Oconaluftee Visitor Center
Roundtrip Miles: 3.0 miles
Total Elevation Gain: 70 feet
Avg. Elev Gain / Mile: 47 feet
Highest Elevation: 2103 feet
|
Porters Creek Trail
|
|
Trail Features: Waterfalls, Flowers, Stream, History
Trail Location: Greenbrier
Roundtrip Miles: 4.0 miles
Total Elevation Gain: 699 feet
Avg. Elev Gain / Mile: 350 feet
Highest Elevation: 2642 feet
|
