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This combination of magnificent vistas, open grassy balds, unusual vegetation, and marvelous campsites makes this traverse of the spine of the Appalachians along the AT from Carvers Gap to US 19E a cl
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This section of the AT provides great variety, passing along streambeds, giving spectacular views of the gorge, passing Laurel Falls and over rock ledges with views of the Highlands of Roan before it
... Related information:... From the guidebook Hiking Tennessee
Elizabethton
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TN
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Hiking
- 8.6 miles
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The northern half of this hike borders the Bald Mountain Ridge Scenic Area in the Cherokee National Forest, and the AT runs along a rugged, isolated crest. Outstanding views, masses of rhododendron a
... Related information:... From the guidebook Exploring the Appalachian Trail: Hikes in the Southern Appalachians
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Roan Mountain is a place of mystery, legend, wild beauty, and superlatives. The largest of the southern Appalachian grassy balds, it also boasts one of the most beautiful displays of Catawba rhododen
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Wide-open spaces, miles of waving grass, alpine wildflowers … Is this the southern Appalachians? Botanist Asa Gray observed in the 1880s that he could ride his horse for 14 miles on Roan Mountain and
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This hike is a long, difficult, beautiful hike, and by the end, you will have your own definition of a southern Appalachian knob. The trail follows an easy descent for about 3 miles; then a short roc
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This hike has a certain symmetry: about 5 miles up with some steep rocky parts and about 5 miles down with some steep rocky parts. The AT section starts at Low Gap but first requires a strenuous 2.5-
... Related information:... From the guidebook Exploring the Appalachian Trail: Hikes in the Southern Appalachians
Cosby
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TN
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Hiking
- 9.8 miles
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The AT doesn't really lend itself to loop hikes, but this hike with the inclusion of Snake Den Ridge Trail (up) and Low Gap Trail (down), provides a strenuous one-car outing on a little-used part of t
... Related information:... From the guidebook Exploring the Appalachian Trail: Hikes in the Southern Appalachians
Cosby
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TN
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Hiking
- 12.4 miles
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Because of distance and several long ups and downs, the rating on this hike is "strenuous," but in general the grade is good with no difficult or rough spots. The trail passes through peaceful second
... Related information:... From the guidebook Exploring the Appalachian Trail: Hikes in the Southern Appalachians
Waterville
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NC
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Hiking
- 16 miles
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A beautiful gorge, a waterfall, a swimming hole, and two short side trails could keep hikers busy all day even though this hike is short. Most of the trail is easy and level, but the sections down to
... Related information:... From the guidebook Exploring the Appalachian Trail: Hikes in the Southern Appalachians
Hampton
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TN
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Hiking
- 5.4 miles
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Because the nearly 20 miles of AT between Dennis Cove and US 19E goes through current and former farmland, it provides those two experiences all too common for AT hikers of the past: cows and road wal
... Related information:... From the guidebook Exploring the Appalachian Trail: Hikes in the Southern Appalachians
Hampton
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TN
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Hiking
- 19.4 miles
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Everything is backward on this AT section: You hike south to go north, Tennessee lies east of North Carolina, and one of the best views is from a gap. The state border that this hike follows also def
... Related information:... From the guidebook Exploring the Appalachian Trail: Hikes in the Southern Appalachians
Hot Springs
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NC
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Hiking
- 8.2 miles
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At 4520 feet, Doe Knob, the crest of the Great Smokies, the AT reaches the Tennessee / North Carolina border and sticks with it for more than 200 miles, zigzagging northeast along high ridge crests.
... Related information:... From the guidebook Exploring the Appalachian Trail: Hikes in the Southern Appalachians
Cades Cove
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NC
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Hiking
- 19.6 miles
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The AT, heading north from Hot Springs, climbs steeply from the French Broad River to the ridge that cuts through the mountains on its way from Asheville to Knoxville. The climb lasts 3 miles, with t
... Related information:... From the guidebook Exploring the Appalachian Trail: Hikes in the Southern Appalachians
Hot Springs
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NC
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Hiking
- 5.3 miles
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With an elevation change of nearly 1000 feet per mile, this hike is an aerobic challenge going up and difficult and challenging coming down. It is separate from the adjacent hikes because it's so dif
... Related information:... From the guidebook Exploring the Appalachian Trail: Hikes in the Southern Appalachians
Burbank
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TN
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Hiking
- 2.6 miles
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Davy Crockett, king of the wild frontier, wasn't born in the mountains but certainly within sight of some - Unaka, Roan, and the smaller ones you'll climb on this pleasant hike. The AT heads northeas
... Related information:... From the guidebook Exploring the Appalachian Trail: Hikes in the Southern Appalachians
Buladean
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NC
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Hiking
- 8.1 miles
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Pond Mountain Looks like a western butte on the profile map, but it's covered with rich and varied forest. The steep climbs up and down have many switchbacks with glimpses of surrounding mountains an
... Related information:... From the guidebook Exploring the Appalachian Trail: Hikes in the Southern Appalachians
Hampton
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TN
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Hiking
- 7.2 miles
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Running east along the Tennessee / North Carolina border through the Bald Mountains - an irregular range between the Nolichucky and Pigeon rivers - this trail does most of its climbing in the first 4
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Del Rio
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TN
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Hiking
- 14 miles
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This hike ascends from lemon Gap (3550 feet) to Max Patch (4629 feet) through a sheltered winding valley. The trail runs roughly parallel to the road - but separated from it, so there is little car n
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The trail to Damascus is a long ridgetop hike with very little elevation change through second-growth forest and old fields, quiet, pretty woods, and then a long descent from the Tennessee state line
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Shady Valley
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TN
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Hiking
- 14.8 miles
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The first 4 miles of this AT section from Newfound Gap to Charlies Bunion, is a good choice for an 8-mile one-car round-trip day hike. Beyond Charlies Bunion, the AT passes along a remote ridge crest
... Related information:... From the guidebook Exploring the Appalachian Trail: Hikes in the Southern Appalachians
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You'll see hundreds of people at the beginning (and perhaps even more at the end) but very few on the trail itself. Steep spots near the Newfound Gap and a long rocky climb at the end make this hike
... Related information:... From the guidebook Exploring the Appalachian Trail: Hikes in the Southern Appalachians
Gatlinburg
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TN
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Hiking
- 7.9 miles
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Between the Nolichucky River and Iron Mountain Gap lies a remote protected region, mapped as parcels of land with different names and federal designations - recreation area, primitive area, wilderness
... Related information:... From the guidebook Exploring the Appalachian Trail: Hikes in the Southern Appalachians
Erwin
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TN
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Hiking
- 17.8 miles
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Remote high-elevation forest, over a mile of grassy bald with panoramic views, and masses of spring wildflowers make this hike inviting. High-meadow Big Bald, half-way between Sams Gap and Spivey Gap
... Related information:... From the guidebook Exploring the Appalachian Trail: Hikes in the Southern Appalachians
Erwin
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TN
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Hiking
- 13.6 miles
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The view into the Nolichucky River valley will reward you for the steep climbs and rock scrambles of this hike, which undulates between Flattop Mountain and No Business Knob but never reaches the top
... Related information:... From the guidebook Exploring the Appalachian Trail: Hikes in the Southern Appalachians
Faust
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NC
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Hiking
- 10.4 miles
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This hike is a low-elevation walk that winds through second-growth woods, white pine stands, and sheltered creek valleys. The high point, at the Rich Mountain Fire tower, offers views of the surround
... Related information:... From the guidebook Exploring the Appalachian Trail: Hikes in the Southern Appalachians
Hot Springs
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NC
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Hiking
- 8.9 miles
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This is a moderate hike on 7 miles of graded trail along the northern ridge of Holston Mountain With occasional views of Holston Lake on the right and Shady Valley on the left, Iron Mountain and Holst
... Related information:... From the guidebook Exploring the Appalachian Trail: Hikes in the Southern Appalachians
Elizabethton
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TN
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Hiking
- 7 miles
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This is ridgetop hiking at its best - 14 miles on remote, beautiful Iron Mountain from north to south, the ridge has many easy ups and downs and one long, steep plunge at the end. The trail, sometime
... Related information:... From the guidebook Exploring the Appalachian Trail: Hikes in the Southern Appalachians
Elizabethton
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TN
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Hiking
- 16 miles
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This short hike has steep, rocky sections and a variety of low-elevation habitats. Kids will enjoy it, and geologists can spend hours explaining thrust faults and quartz veins. AT hikers may cross t
... Related information:... From the guidebook Exploring the Appalachian Trail: Hikes in the Southern Appalachians
Elizabethton
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TN
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Hiking
- 3.9 miles
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