What to do and see in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Great Smoky Mountains National Park: The Best Hiking Trails

December 20, 2021 Merry Kessler

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1. Deep Creek

Great Smoky Mountains National Park, NC +1 877-444-6777 http://www.nps.gov/grsm/planyourvisit/deepcreek.htm
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5.0 based on 42 reviews

Deep Creek

Reviewed By dyweena - Clifton, United States

Deep Creek is a great place to hike! The trail takes you to three different waterfalls, if you follow the signs to Juney Whank Falls, Indian Creek Falls and Tom's Branch Falls. It is a well mark and beaten wide path. However, please know that you have to turn around and backtrack. We tried to loop around thinking that the wide pathway would take us back, and we ended up hiking an extra 2 mile round-trip. We did not plan to tube due to high chances of rain, but the absolute thing to do is hike with your tube in comfortable water shoes to the falls and ride back down (not from the falls, but from the outermost designated area for "put-in"). We passed more tubers than hikers and we were wishing we could do the same. The river looks like a blast to tube down with lots of rapids. This should be a must on your trip to Bryson City Great Smoky Mountains Trip.

2. Sugarland Mountain Trail

Little River Road, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, NC
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5.0 based on 1 reviews

Sugarland Mountain Trail

3. Tom Branch Falls

Great Smoky Mountains National Park, NC http://www.deepcreekcamping.com/trails.html
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4.5 based on 91 reviews

Tom Branch Falls

Reviewed By 646lorit - Dawsonville, United States

Located in the Deep Creek section of the Great Smoky Mountains National all Park, Tom Branch Falls is the easiest hike of the three waterfalls in this area. The trail is wide, level, and paved; we saw families with small children and strollers using this trail. There is a thick tree canopy, so the trail was comfortable on a hot summer afternoon. To see the falls, you look across the wide creek. There are benches for sitting and watching the tubers float by. We continued on the trail a half mile further to Indian Creek Falls, which is more spectacular. On a Friday afternoon, the trail was busy.

4. Collins Creek Picnic Area

Great Smoky Mountains National Park, NC http://www.nps.gov/grsm/planyourvisit/picnic.htm
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4.5 based on 8 reviews

Collins Creek Picnic Area

5. Lower Mount Cammerer Trail

Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, NC 37722
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4.0 based on 1 reviews

Lower Mount Cammerer Trail

6. Boogerman Trail

Great Smoky Mountains National Park, NC
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4.0 based on 1 reviews

Boogerman Trail

7. Big Fork Ridge Loop Trail

Great Smoky Mountains National Park, NC
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4.0 based on 1 reviews

Big Fork Ridge Loop Trail

8. Rough Fork Trail

Great Smoky Mountains National Park, NC
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4.0 based on 1 reviews

Rough Fork Trail

9. Hemphill Bald Trail

Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, NC
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4.0 based on 1 reviews

Hemphill Bald Trail

10. Mount Sterling Ridge Trail

Great Smoky Mountains National Park, NC
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4.0 based on 1 reviews

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