Southeastern Outdoors - Smoky Mountain Day Hikes

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The Great Smoky Mountains National Park is rich with hiking trails. You can find about 150 trails covering more than 800 miles within the park boundaries.

While all of the trails allow for foot traffic, only designated trails can be used by horseback riders. We also have a list of Backpacking Trips in the Smoky Mountain.

Rainbow Falls - Smoky Mountains National Park

Miles listed are in round trip or total miles for the trip listed. Click on the trail name for additional information and photos for that trail. Trail ratings are completely subjective so the listed rating is based on my experience with these particular trails; E = easy, M = Moderate, S = Strenuous.

Trail	Miles Round Trip	Highlights	Rating
Abrams Falls	5	25 foot waterfalls located off of the Cades Cove loop road	M
Charlies Bunion	8.0	Newfound Gap to Charlies Bunion great views, icy in winter.	M
Chimney Tops	4	Steep! 1,200 foot elevations gain. Not great for kids.	S
Clingman's Dome	1	Paved but steep! Highest point in Tennessee & Smoky Mountains NP	M
Grotto Falls	2.4	25 foot waterfall near Gatlinburg	E
Hen Wallow Falls	4.4	45 foot waterfalls near Cosby picnic area	M
Indian Creek Falls	1.6	25 foot waterfalls in Deep Creek area, Pass Tom Branch falls on the way	E
Laurel Falls	2.6	Paved trail 3.5 miles from Surgarlands visitor center. 90 foot water fall	E
Mingo Falls	0.4	Near Cherokee. 120 foot waterfalls	M
Rainbow Falls	5.4	Moderate ~ near Gatlinburg, 1500' elevation gain	M

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