Information about hiking trails of the Great Smoky Mountains.
Park rangers at Great Smoky Mountains National Park rescued a 55-year-old man who slipped and fell while hiking on the Alum Cave Trail on Saturday afternoon. The yet to be identified victim was with a group of four other hikers when he fell about 10 feet and then continued to plummet another 60 feet down
Located off the Cades Cove Loop Road, Abrams Falls is one of the most popular waterfall destinations in the Great Smoky Mountains. The falls were supposedly named for Old Abraham, a Cherokee chief who once lived near the cove in the Chilhowee area. Although it isn’t particularly impressive in its height (20 ft.), the sheer
Spruce Flats Falls is a beautiful waterfall located in the Tremont section of the Great Smoky Mountains. The trail to reach the falls begins at the Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont. The open, flat area which the institute occupies is known as “Walker Fields” and was named for Will Walker who first settled there
By Morgan Simmons Knoxville News-Sentinel It was a beautiful morning when we hiked the Rich Mountain Loop Trail in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The leaves were at peak fall color, and traffic already was backing up around Cades Cove. >>Read Full Article
