Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Mist-covered ridges, old-growth forest and historic homesteads — the most visited national park.
- 284named trails
- 861trail miles mapped
- Tennesseelocation
Popular hikes in Great Smoky Mountains
- Cades Cove Nature Trail · about 0.5 mi · Easy
- Laurel Falls · about 2.6 mi · Easy
- Gatlinburg Trail · about 3.8 mi · Easy
- Rock House (Old Sugarlands Trail) · about 5 mi · Moderate
- Clingmans Dome · about 1 mi · Moderate
- Deep Creek Falls Loop · about 2.4 mi · Moderate
- Grotto Falls · about 2.6 mi · Moderate
- Andrews Bald · about 3.6 mi · Moderate
- Abrams Falls · about 5.2 mi · Moderate
- Chimney Tops · about 3.3 mi · Strenuous
- Rainbow Falls · about 5.4 mi · Strenuous
- Ramsey Cascades · about 8 mi · Strenuous
- Charlies Bunion · about 8.1 mi · Strenuous
- Alum Cave to LeConte · about 11 mi · Strenuous
- Mount Cammerer · about 11.1 mi · Strenuous
Best months to visit
- April: The Smokies are one of the most biodiverse places in the U.S. for wildflowers, and April is peak season: trillium, phlox, violets and more than 1,500 flowering species in total. Waterfalls run high with spring rain.
- June: Early June is peak season for the synchronous fireflies, and rhododendrons and flame azaleas bloom at the high balds.
- October: Fall color works down the mountains all month, from high elevations early in October to the valleys by early November. It's the Smokies' second busiest month for a reason.
Permits and reservations
There is no entrance fee, but a parking tag is required for any vehicle parked more than 15 minutes ($5 daily, $15 weekly, $40 annual).
- Parking tag: Required year-round for parking longer than 15 minutes. Buy daily/weekly tags on Recreation.gov or at park fee machines; annual tags from the Great Smoky Mountains Association. It doesn't guarantee a space.
- Backcountry camping: A permit and advance reservation are required for all backcountry camping.
- Frontcountry campgrounds: Reservations can be made up to 6 months ahead on Recreation.gov.
All 284 trails in Great Smoky Mountains
- 100 Proof · 1.24 mi round trip · Easy
- Abrams Falls Trail · 5 mi round trip · Moderate
- Ace Gap Trail · 10.74 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Against the Grain · 0.58 mi round trip · Easy
- Albright Grove NatureTrail · 1.26 mi round trip · Easy
- Alum Cave Trail · 4.6 mi round trip · Moderate
- Alum Cave trailhead · 0.1 mi round trip · Easy
- Angel Share · 2.12 mi round trip · Easy
- Anthony Creek Trail · 6.48 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Appalachian National Scenic Trail (northeast section) · 0.56 mi round trip · Easy
- Appalachian National Scenic Trail (northeast section) #2 · 2.36 mi round trip · Easy
- Appalachian National Scenic Trail (northeast section) #3 · 1.5 mi round trip · Easy
- Appalachian National Scenic Trail (southwest section) · 0.16 mi round trip · Easy
- Appalachian National Scenic Trail (southwest section) #2 · 0.46 mi round trip · Easy
- Appalachian National Scenic Trail (southwest section) #3 · 1.18 mi round trip · Easy
- Appalachian National Scenic Trail (southwest section) #4 · 0.5 mi round trip · Easy
- Appalachian National Scenic Trail (west section) · 0.26 mi round trip · Easy
- Appalachian Trail · 142.18 mi round trip · Very strenuous
- Avent Cabin access · 0.26 mi round trip · Easy
- Backcountry Camp 32, Injun Creek Access · 0.14 mi round trip · Easy
- Balsam Mountain Nature Trail · 1.32 mi round trip · Easy
- Balsam Mountain Trail · 19.96 mi round trip · Very strenuous
- Balsam Point Quiet Walkway · 0.62 mi round trip · Easy
- Bandsaw · 2.78 mi round trip · Easy
- Baskins Creek Cemetery Access Trail · 0.26 mi round trip · Easy
- Baskins Creek Trail · 5.94 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Baxter Creek Trail · 12.84 mi round trip · Very strenuous
- Bear Creek Trail · 11.56 mi round trip · Very strenuous
- Beard Cane Trail · 8.34 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Beech Flats Quiet Walkway · 0.98 mi round trip · Easy
- Beech Gap Trail · 10.62 mi round trip · Very strenuous
- Bell Branch Concession Horse Trail · 2.26 mi round trip · Moderate
- Big Creek Horse · 0.6 mi round trip · Easy
- Big Creek Trail · 12.58 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Big Dudley Concession Horse Trail · 5.24 mi round trip · Moderate
- Big Fork Ridge Trail · 6.32 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Big White Oak Quiet Walkway · 0.94 mi round trip · Easy
- Bone Valley Trail · 3.6 mi round trip · Easy
- Boogerman Trail · 8.04 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Bootleggers Run · 1.6 mi round trip · Easy
- Bote Mountain Trail · 13.7 mi round trip · Very strenuous
- Boulevard Trail · 10.5 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Bradley Fork Trail · 2.4 mi round trip · Easy
- Bradshaw Cemetery Access Trail · 0.46 mi round trip · Easy
- Brushy Mountain Trail · 9.64 mi round trip · Very strenuous
- Buchanan Cemetery Access Trail · 0.78 mi round trip · Easy
- Buckeye Trail · 1.5 mi round trip · Easy
- Bullhead Trail · 13.6 mi round trip · Very strenuous
- Bullhead View Quiet Walkway · 0.24 mi round trip · Easy
- Cabin Flats Trail · 1.98 mi round trip · Easy
- Cades Cove Horse Trail · 3.92 mi round trip · Easy
- Cades Cove Nature Trail · 1.62 mi round trip · Easy
- Caldwell Fork Trail · 10.86 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Camel Gap Trail · 8.22 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Campsite 16 access · 0.2 mi round trip · Easy
- Campsite 65 Access Trail · 0.24 mi round trip · Easy
- Campsite 98 Access Trail · 0.18 mi round trip · Easy
- Cane Creek Trail · 4.28 mi round trip · Moderate
- Carson-Messer Cemetery Access · 0.2 mi round trip · Easy
- Carver Cemeter Access · 0.52 mi round trip · Easy
- Cataloochee Divide Trail · 12.76 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Cataloochee Horse Trail · 6.32 mi round trip · Easy
- Cemetary Trail · 1.62 mi round trip · Easy
- Chambers Cemetery Access · 1.26 mi round trip · Easy
- Chasteen Creek Trail · 3.6 mi round trip · Moderate
- Chestnut Branch Trail · 4.1 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Chestnut Top Trail · 5.6 mi round trip · Moderate
- Chimney Tops Trail · 3.5 mi round trip · Moderate
- Cliff Top Trail · 0.86 mi round trip · Easy
- Cliff Top viewpoint access · 0.38 mi round trip · Easy
- Cliif Top Trail · 0.9 mi round trip · Easy
- Cold Spring Gap Trail · 8.08 mi round trip · Very strenuous
- Conner @ Hickory Flats Cemetery Access · 0.38 mi round trip · Easy
- Conner Cemetery Access · 0.26 mi round trip · Easy
- Cooper Road Trail · 4.3 mi loop · Moderate
- Cosby Horse Trail · 1.18 mi round trip · Easy
- Cosby Nature Trail · 1.14 mi round trip · Easy
- Cove Hardwood Nature Trail · 0.75 mi round trip · Easy
- Cove Mountain Trail · 16.98 mi round trip · Very strenuous
- Crib Gap Trail · 3.54 mi round trip · Moderate
- Crooked Arm Ridge Trail · 4.26 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Cucumber Gap Trail · 4.68 mi round trip · Moderate
- Curry Mountain Trail · 6.64 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Davenport Gap Shelter access · 0.14 mi round trip · Easy
- Deep Creek Horse Trail · 3.26 mi round trip · Easy
- Deep Creek Trail · 27.9 mi round trip · Very strenuous
- Deeplow Gap Trail · 12.06 mi round trip · Very strenuous
- Doc Caldwell Cemetery Access · 0.2 mi round trip · Easy
- Dry Sluice Gap Trail · 8.22 mi round trip · Very strenuous
- Duds Branch Concession Horse Trail · 3.04 mi round trip · Easy
- Duds Branch Spur Concession Horse Trail · 0.24 mi round trip · Easy
- E E McCarter Cemetery · 0.66 mi round trip · Easy
- Eagle Creek Trail · 17.26 mi round trip · Very strenuous
- Elijah Oliver Cabin Access Trail · 0.52 mi round trip · Easy
- Elkmont Nature Trail · 0.72 mi loop · Easy
- Engine Creek Trail · 4.02 mi round trip · Moderate
- Enloe Creek Trail · 7.06 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Enloe-Mingus Cemetery Access · 0.12 mi round trip · Easy
- Fairfax/Old Payne (Palmer) Access · 0.16 mi round trip · Easy
- Ferguson Cabin Horse Trail · 1.08 mi round trip · Easy
- Ferguson Cabin Trail · 1.08 mi round trip · Easy
- Field Trail · 0.62 mi round trip · Easy
- Fighting Creek Nature Trail · 2.42 mi round trip · Easy
- Finley Cane Trail · 6.9 mi loop · Strenuous
- Flat Creek Trail · 5.2 mi round trip · Moderate
- Floyd Cemetery Access · 0.08 mi round trip · Easy
- Foothills Spur Trail · 0.74 mi round trip · Easy
- Fork Ridge Trail · 10.04 mi round trip · Very strenuous
- Forney Creek Trail · 22.32 mi round trip · Very strenuous
- Forney Ridge Trail · 10.68 mi round trip · Very strenuous
- Friendship Baptist Church Cemetery Access · 0.16 mi round trip · Easy
- Gabes Mountain Trail · 13.62 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Gatlinburg Trail · 4 mi round trip · Easy
- Gold Mine Trail · 1.96 mi round trip · Easy
- Goldmine Branch Access · 0.38 mi round trip · Easy
- Goldmine Loop Trail · 4 mi round trip · Moderate
- Goshen Prong Trail · 14.9 mi round trip · Very strenuous
- Grapeyard Ridge Trail · 15.02 mi round trip · Very strenuous
- Grassy Branch Concession Horse Trail · 4 mi round trip · Moderate
- Grassy Branch Trail (northwest section) · 2.76 mi round trip · Easy
- Grassy Branch Trail (southeast section) · 5.26 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Gray Wolf Walk · 1.14 mi round trip · Easy
- Greenbrier Ridge Trail · 8.28 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Gregory Bald Trail · 14.4 mi round trip · Very strenuous
- Gregory Ridge Trail · 9.7 mi round trip · Very strenuous
- Gunter Fork Trail · 8 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Hannah Mountain Trail · 18.78 mi round trip · Very strenuous
- Hatcher Mountain Trail · 5.52 mi round trip · Moderate
- Hazel Creek Trail · 30.24 mi round trip · Very strenuous
- Hemphill Bald Trail · 16.66 mi round trip · Very strenuous
- Hickory Flats Quiet Walkway · 0.38 mi round trip · Easy
- High Rocks Trail · 0.62 mi round trip · Easy
- Hughes Ridge Trail · 10.14 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Huskey Gap Trail · 8.26 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Hyatt Ridge Trail · 8.86 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Indian Creek Motor Trail · 3.6 mi round trip · Moderate
- Indian Creek Trail · 7.34 mi round trip · Moderate
- Indian Grave Gap Trail · 7.3 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Jakes Creek Trail · 7.24 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Jenkins Ridge Trail · 17.6 mi round trip · Very strenuous
- John Carr Place Quiet Walkway · 0.3 mi round trip · Easy
- John Oliver Cabin access · 0.3 mi round trip · Easy
- Jonas Creek Trail · 8.08 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Juice · 1.28 mi round trip · Easy
- Jump Off Trail · 0.78 mi round trip · Easy
- Juney Whank Falls Trail · 0.92 mi round trip · Easy
- Kanati Fork Quiet Walkway · 0.36 mi round trip · Easy
- Kanati Fork Trail · 5.76 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Kephart Prong Trail · 4 mi round trip · Moderate
- Kuwohi Bypass Trail · 1.04 mi round trip · Easy
- Kuwohi Trail · 1 mi round trip · Easy
- Lagoon Trail · 0.22 mi round trip · Easy
- Lake Shore Trail low water access · 0.44 mi round trip · Easy
- Lakeshore Trail · 68.52 mi round trip · Very strenuous
- Lakeview Quiet Walkway · 0.3 mi round trip · Easy
- Laney Cemetery Access · 0.14 mi round trip · Easy
- Laurel Falls Quiet Walkway · 0.68 mi round trip · Easy
- Laurel Falls Trail · 2.6 mi round trip · Easy
- Lawson Cemetery Access Trail · 0.18 mi round trip · Easy
- Lawson Jenkins-Kerr Cemetery Access · 0.26 mi round trip · Easy
- Lead Cove Trail · 3.5 mi round trip · Moderate
- Little Bottoms Trail · 4.46 mi round trip · Moderate
- Little Brier Gap Trail · 2.88 mi round trip · Easy
- Little Cataloochee Trail · 13.82 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Little Dudley Concession Horse Trail · 5.4 mi round trip · Moderate
- Little Dudley Spur Concession Horse Trail · 0.3 mi round trip · Easy
- Little Greenbrier Trail · 3.4 mi round trip · Moderate
- Little River Trail · 1.4 mi round trip · Easy
- Long Bunk Trail · 7.16 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Long Hungry Ridge Trail · 8.9 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Look Rock Developed Trail · 1.02 mi round trip · Easy
- Look Rock Trail · 0.8 mi round trip · Easy
- Loop Trail · 2.32 mi round trip · Easy
- Lost Cove Trail · 5.36 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Low Gap Trail · 10.66 mi round trip · Very strenuous
- Low Gap Trail Access · 0.5 mi round trip · Easy
- Lower Indian-Queen Cemetery Access · 0.46 mi round trip · Easy
- Lower Mount Cammerer Trail · 14.8 mi round trip · Very strenuous
- Lower Noland-Monteith Cemetery Access · 0.58 mi round trip · Easy
- Lumber Ridge Trail · 8.26 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Lynn Camp Prong Trail · 7.24 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Maddron Bald Trail · 14.36 mi round trip · Very strenuous
- Martins Gap Trail · 6.06 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Masonic Marker Trail Stairs · 0.1 mi round trip · Easy
- McClure Cemetery Access · 0.3 mi round trip · Easy
- McKee Branch Trail · 4.68 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Meigs Creek Trail · 6.82 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Meigs Mountain Trail · 12 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Metcalf Bottoms Trail · 1.34 mi round trip · Easy
- Middle Prong Trail · 8.18 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Mings Creek-Watson Cemetery Access · 1.62 mi round trip · Easy
- Mingus Creek Trail · 11.5 mi round trip · Very strenuous
- Miry Ridge Trail · 9.82 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Mount Cammerer Trail · 1.2 mi round trip · Easy
- Mount Sterling Ridge Trail · 10.54 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Mount Sterling Trail · 4.56 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Mountains to Sea Trail · 32.5 mi round trip · Moderate
- Mountains to Sea Trail #2 · 5.52 mi round trip · Moderate
- Myrtle Point Trail · 0.4 mi round trip · Easy
- Nations Cemetery Access · 0.36 mi round trip · Easy
- New Beck-Huskey Cemetery Access · 0.2 mi round trip · Easy
- Newton Bald Concession Horse Trail Loop · 3.04 mi round trip · Easy
- Newton Bald Trail · 10.94 mi round trip · Very strenuous
- Noah 'Bud' Ogle Place Nature Trail · 0.72 mi loop · Easy
- Noland Creek Trail · 23.46 mi round trip · Very strenuous
- Noland Divide Trail · 22.9 mi round trip · Very strenuous
- Oconaluftee Mountain Farm Museum · 0.62 mi round trip · Easy
- Oconaluftee River Trail · 3 mi round trip · Easy
- Old Beck Cemetery Access · 0.2 mi round trip · Easy
- Old Deep Creek Quiet Walkway · 0.22 mi round trip · Easy
- Old Settlers Trail · 31.2 mi round trip · Very strenuous
- Old Sugarlands Trail · 7.74 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Ollie Cove Trail · 0.52 mi round trip · Easy
- Over Yonder · 1.76 mi round trip · Easy
- Painter Ridge Concession Horse Trail · 2.94 mi round trip · Easy
- Palmer Creek Trail · 6.5 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Panther Creek Trail · 4.38 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Pilkey Cemetery Access · 1.56 mi round trip · Easy
- Pilkey/Posey cemetery access · 1.16 mi round trip · Easy
- Pole Road Creek Trail · 6.34 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Porters Creek Trail · 4.3 mi round trip · Moderate
- Posey Cemetery Access · 0.24 mi round trip · Easy
- Posey Cemetery Access Trail · 0.38 mi round trip · Easy
- Pretty Hollow Gap Trail · 9.4 mi round trip · Very strenuous
- Queen Cemetery Access · 0.42 mi round trip · Easy
- Rabbit Creek Trail · 15.4 mi round trip · Very strenuous
- Rainbow Falls Trail · 5.6 mi round trip · Moderate
- Ramsey Cascades Trail · 8 mi round trip · Very strenuous
- Rattler · 2.04 mi round trip · Easy
- Rayfield-Dodgen Cemetery Access · 0.34 mi round trip · Easy
- Rhodedendron Creek Trail · 2.06 mi round trip · Easy
- Rich Mountain Loop Trail · 6.56 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Rich Mountain Trail · 4.58 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Riverview Quiet Walkway · 1.24 mi round trip · Easy
- Road Prong Trail · 4.5 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Rough Creek Trail · 5.44 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Rough Fork Trail · 12.68 mi round trip · Very strenuous
- Roundtop Trail · 14.86 mi round trip · Very strenuous
- Russell Field Trail · 6.94 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Saddle Up · 2.42 mi round trip · Easy
- Schoolhouse Gap Trail · 4.08 mi round trip · Moderate
- Science Center Trail · 0.46 mi round trip · Easy
- Scott Mountain Trail · 7.52 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Smokemont Loop Trail · 7.62 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Smokemont Nature Trail · 6 mi round trip · Easy
- Smokemont Stables Trail to Towstring Horse Trail · 3.78 mi round trip · Easy
- Snake Den Ridge Trail · 10.48 mi round trip · Very strenuous
- Springhouse Branch Trail · 13.98 mi round trip · Very strenuous
- Spruce Fir Nature Trail · 0.64 mi round trip · Easy
- Spruce Mountain Trail · 2.28 mi round trip · Moderate
- Stiles Cemetery Access · 0.12 mi round trip · Easy
- Stone Pile Gap Trail · 1.7 mi round trip · Easy
- Sugarland Mountain Trail · 23.56 mi round trip · Very strenuous
- Sugarland Valley Accessible Trail · 0.5 mi round trip · Easy
- Sunkota Ridge Trail · 17.14 mi round trip · Very strenuous
- Sutton-McGhee Cemetery Access · 0.3 mi round trip · Easy
- Swallow Fork Trail · 7.82 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Sweat Heifer Creek Trail · 7.26 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Swinging Bridge Quiet Walkway · 0.96 mi round trip · Easy
- Thomas Divide Trail · 27.22 mi round trip · Very strenuous
- Thunderhead Prong Quiet Walkway · 1.4 mi round trip · Easy
- TN Trot · 1.09 mi loop · Easy
- Tow String Horse Trail · 4.46 mi round trip · Moderate
- Townsend Trail (east section) · 18.6 mi round trip · Moderate
- Tricorner Shelter Access · 0.08 mi round trip · Easy
- Trillium Gap Trail · 13 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Tritt Cemetery Access Trail · 1.34 mi round trip · Easy
- Tunnel Bypass Trail NC · 3.16 mi round trip · Easy
- Turkeypen Ridge Trail · 7.2 mi round trip · Moderate
- Twentymile Loop Trail · 5.72 mi round trip · Moderate
- Twentymile Trail · 10.06 mi round trip · Very strenuous
- Twin Creeks Trail · 3.74 mi round trip · Moderate
- Two Mile Lead Concession Horse Trail · 12.02 mi round trip · Very strenuous
- Walker Cabin access · 0.46 mi round trip · Easy
- Water Rock Knob Trail · 1.16 mi round trip · Easy
- Welch Ridge Trail · 13.28 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Welch-Kirkland Cemetery Access · 0.52 mi round trip · Easy
- West Prong Trail · 5.4 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Wet Bottom Trail · 1.96 mi round trip · Easy
- White Lightning · 1.36 mi round trip · Easy
- White Oak Branch Trail · 3.5 mi round trip · Easy
- Wiggins-Watson-Toms Branch Cemetery Access · 0.08 mi round trip · Easy
- Wolf Ridge Trail · 12.48 mi round trip · Very strenuous
- Woody-Conner Cemetery Access · 0.44 mi round trip · Easy
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