Oconaluftee River Trail
Oconaluftee River Trail is a 3-mile out-and-back foot trail in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee. It climbs 42 ft to a high point of 2,029 ft. Difficulty: easy, from the NPS hiking-rating formula.
- 1.5 mione way
- 3 miround trip
- 42 ftelevation gain
- 2,029 fthigh point
- Easydifficulty
From the National Park Service
Hike the Oconaluftee River Trail
Length 3 miles (4.8 km) roundtrip Parking & Trailhead Park at the Oconaluftee Visitor Center and walk from the visitor center parking to the Mountain Farm Museum to find the Oconaluftee River Trailhead.
Read the official NPS description
Plan this hike
Open Oconaluftee River Trail on Trailbound's interactive map to see the full route, the elevation profile, today's forecast and any park alerts for Great Smoky Mountains. Great Smoky Mountains has permits or reservations for some areas: see the Great Smoky Mountains page for what's needed.
More trails in Great Smoky Mountains
- Cades Cove Nature Trail · 1.62 mi round trip · Easy
- Laurel Falls Trail · 2.6 mi round trip · Easy
- Gatlinburg Trail · 4 mi round trip · Easy
- Old Sugarlands Trail · 7.74 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Kuwohi Trail · 1 mi round trip · Easy
- Appalachian Trail · 142.18 mi round trip · Very strenuous
- Deep Creek Trail · 27.9 mi round trip · Very strenuous
- Trillium Gap Trail · 13 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Forney Ridge Trail · 10.68 mi round trip · Very strenuous
- Kuwohi Bypass Trail · 1.04 mi round trip · Easy
- Abrams Falls Trail · 5 mi round trip · Moderate
- Chimney Tops Trail · 3.5 mi round trip · Moderate
- Rainbow Falls Trail · 5.6 mi round trip · Moderate
- Ramsey Cascades Trail · 8 mi round trip · Very strenuous