Forney Ridge Trail

Forney Ridge Trail is a 10.68-mile out-and-back foot trail in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee. It climbs 2,427 ft to a high point of 6,178 ft. Difficulty: very strenuous, from the NPS hiking-rating formula.

Forney Ridge Trail, Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Photo: Great Smoky Mountains National Park from Gatlinburg, TN · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

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