Tennessee Hiking Trails

Tennessee offers some of the most beautiful hiking trails in America. Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Cherokee National Forest, and many other state and national parks provide a multitude of hiking trails.

Hiking trail in Great Smoky Mountains National Park; image by Jeaneane Payne

Hiking in Tennessee by Garry Luttrell - Features many wonderful hiking trails. Mount LeConte - High in the Great Smoky Mountains lies a few rustic little cabins known as Leconte Lodge. It can be reached only by hiking any of five trails to the summit of one of the highest peaks in the park. Mount Leconte rises to an elevation of 6,593 feet. Smoky Mountains Hiking Club - Features trail stories, maps, and more. Smoky Mountain Hiking Trails - find hiking trails in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Tennessee Eastman Hiking and Canoeing Club - This is a non-profit outdoors club, founded in 1946, offering a year-round program of hiking, paddling, and other outdoor activities. A member club of the Appalachian Trail Conservancy, with management and maintenance responsibility for 132 miles of the A.T. in North Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia. Tennessee State Parks - Tennessee State Parks provide hundreds of miles of excellent hiking trails

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