Sugarlands
Nature Trail
1 mile loop located behind the Sugarlands Visitor Center just
inside the National Park (Gatlinburg side)
Gatlinburg
Trail
2.1 mile trail begins on River Road next to the Gatlinburg
Water Department and ends at Sugarlands Visitor Center Pets
and bikes are allowed
Noah
“Bud Ogle”
3/4 mile loop - 3 miles up Airport Road (light #8 in Gatlinburg)
Elmont
Nature Trail
3/4
mile trail Take Little River Road (inside National Park) turn
on Elkmont, go 1.3 miles and turn left, just 0.3 miles to
the parking area
Little
Greenbrier School (Historic Area - 19th Century School)
1 mile trail Take Little River Road (inside National Park)
9 miles to Metcalf Bottoms Picnic area Two parking options:
Park at picnic area and walk across bridge, turn right and
follow the trail Drive across bridge continue approximately
1 mile, park and walk to school
Mingus
Creek Road
1.5 miles to Old Cemetary Follow 441 over mountains from Gatlinburg
- you will see a sign for Mingus Mill (1/2 mile before Oconaluftee
Visitor’s Center) Park at the mill and walk down the river
gravel path
Oconaluftee
River Trail
1.5 mile trail Begins at Visitor Center on the Cherokee side
of the mountain) and walk through reconstructed farm and river
trail Pets and bikes are permitted
Look
Rock
1/2 mile trail Foothills Parkway (Townsend side) Cades Cove
Loop Road 11 mile one way motor loop with stops for homes
and farms, churches, cemeteries and walking paths
Cades
Cove Loop Road
11 mile one way motor loop with a variety of stops for homes,
farms, churches, cemeteries and walking paths
Roaring
Fork Motor Nature Trail
7 mile one way motor loop - begins past the Ogle Farm on Cherokee
Orchard Road, explores abandoned farmsteads and offers one
of the best opportunities for viewing wildflowers (not suitable
for RVs or trailers). Closed in winter
Cataloochee
(Historice Area)
Access able through Cosby or Maggie Valley Driving trail and
hiking trails (dirt road part of the way) The hike to Little
Cataloochee Church is an historic trip to a mountain valley
setting left over from the last century.
Quiet
Walkways
Pull offs located along 441 and Little River Road Look for
green ’Quiet Walkway’ signs - these lead to the
quiet paths to river, stream or a woods
Handicap
Trail
1 mile paved loop Trail begins 1/2 mile on 441 from Sugarlands
Visitor Center
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