Nantahala Outdoor Center (NOC)
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1138 Parkway
Gatlinburg (866) 349-5365ý
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"As Gatlinburg's outdoor activity center, NOC's Great Outpost will serve as a launching pad for Smokies recreation, offering a diverse range of affordable, family-oriented outdoor activities in the National Park like whitewater rafting, whitewater and flatwater kayaking, fly-fishing, guided hiking, mountain biking, outdoor education classes and nature tours. It will also feature educational exhibits on outdoor education, the environment, and connect guests with outdoor clubs and conservation groups that help protect the Smokies."
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Laurel Falls
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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
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Abrams Falls
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Trail Features: Waterfalls
Trail Location: Cades Cove
Roundtrip Miles: 5.0 miles
Total Elevation Gain: 340 feet
Avg. Elev Gain / Mile: 136 feet
Highest Elevation: 1710 feet
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Baskin Creek Falls
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Trail Features: Waterfalls
Trail Location: Roaring Fork Motor Nature Trail
Roundtrip Miles: 3.0 miles
Total Elevation Gain: 953 feet
Avg. Elev Gain / Mile: 635 feet
Highest Elevation: 2927 feet
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Big Creek & Mouse Creek Falls
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Trail Features: Waterfalls
Trail Location: Big Creek
Roundtrip Miles: 4.0 miles
Total Elevation Gain: 580 feet
Avg. Elev Gain / Mile: 290 feet
Highest Elevation: 2240 feet
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Brushy Mountain
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Brushy Mountain Tr.
Sevier
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Trail Features: Views, Waterfalls, Wildflowers
Trail Location: Roaring Fork Motor Nature Trail
Roundtrip Miles: 6.8 miles
Total Elevation Gain: 1745 feet
Avg. Elev Gain / Mile: 513 feet
Highest Elevation: 4937 feet
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Toms Branch Falls
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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
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The Appalachian Trail
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The AT runs for 71 miles through the Smokies. You start at Fontana Dam and finish at Davenport Gap in Cosby.
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Hen Wallow Falls
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Husky Gap
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Trail Features: Stream / Wildflowers / Historical
Trail Location: Elkmont
Roundtrip Miles: 10.0 miles
Total Elevation Gain: 1080 feet
Avg. Elev Gain / Mile: 216 feet
Highest Elevation: 3206 feet
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Indian Creek Falls
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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
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Juney Whank Falls
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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
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Rainbow Falls
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Trail Features: Waterfalls
Trail Location: Roaring Fork Motor Nature Trail
Roundtrip Miles: 5.4 miles
Total Elevation Gain: 1685 feet
Avg. Elev Gain / Mile: 624 feet
Highest Elevation: 4285 feet
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Ramsay Cascades
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Trail Features: Waterfalls, Old Growth Forest
Trail Location: Greenbrier
Roundtrip Miles: 8.0 miles
Total Elevation Gain: 2375 feet
Avg. Elev Gain / Mile: 594 feet
Highest Elevation: 4400 feet
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Chasteen Creek
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Cove Mountain
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Trail Features: Waterfalls, Old Growth Forest
Trail Location: Little River Road
Roundtrip Miles: 7.7 miles
Total Elevation Gain: 1776 feet
Avg. Elev Gain / Mile: 461 feet
Highest Elevation: 4139 feet
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Cucumber Gap Loop
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Trail Features: Stream / Wildflowers / Historical
Trail Location: Elkmont
Roundtrip Miles: 5.6 miles
Total Elevation Gain: 830 feet
Avg. Elev Gain / Mile: 296 feet
Highest Elevation: 3055 feet
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Deep Creek Loop
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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
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Balsam Mountain
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Grotto Falls
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Trail Features: Waterfalls, Old Growth Forest
Trail Location: Roaring Fork Motor Nature Trail
Roundtrip Miles: 2.6 miles
Total Elevation Gain: 585 feet
Avg. Elev Gain / Mile: 450 feet
Highest Elevation: 3777 feet
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