WATERFALL
WALKING TRAILS IN THE SMOKIES
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LAUREL
FALLS: 2.5 miles round-trip on Laurel
Falls Trail, paved to the falls. Starts 3.9 miles west of Sugarlands
Visitor Center on Little River Road.
MINGO
FALLS: 0.5 miles round-trip. Drive
south on US441 from Oconaluftee Visitor Center, take second left onto Big
Cove Road. Turn left at first stop and drive 4.5 miles to Mingo Falls
Campground.
HEN
WALLOW FALLS: 4.5 miles round-trip.
Take Gabes Mountain Trail, from entrance to Cosby Campground.
INDIAN
CREEK FALLS: 2 miles round-trip.
Take Deep Creek Trail, just past Deep Creek Campground.
JUNEY
WHANK FALLS: 0.6 miles round-trip.
Starts near end of Deep Creek Road near Deep Creek Campground.
RAINBOW
FALLS: 5.5 miles round-trip. Starts
from Rainbow Falls parking area on Cherokee Orchard Road near Gatlinburg.
RAMSAY
CASCADES: 8 miles round-trip.
Take Highway 321 6 miles east of Gatlinburg to Greenbrier entrance to the
Park. Follow signs to the Ramsay Cascade Trailhead.
If
you haven't hiked much recently, be conservative - five miles round-trip
is a good maximum distance for novices.
Be
sure to allow plenty of time to complete your hike before dark. As
a rule of thumb, hikers in the Smokies travel about 1.5 miles per hour
- many may travel slower. Sunset times vary from 5:22 PM in December
to 8:56 PM in June.
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