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Porters Creek to Fern Branch Falls
Introductory Guide to Visiting Great Smoky Mountains National Park This 4 mile out-and-back follows beautiful Porter Creek to a small waterfall at Fern Branch. The waterfall itself was barely a...
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Ramsey Cascades
Introductory Guide to Visiting Great Smoky Mountains National Park Area We’re back in the Smokies region for the next three hikes! Ramsey Cascades is the tallest waterfall in the park. It’s also one...
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Gregory Bald
Introductory Guide to Visiting Great Smoky Mountains National Park Area Gregory Bald is famous for its brilliant display of flame azaleas each June. On prior trips to the Smokies, we were in the area...
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Siler Bald
Introductory Guide to Visiting Great Smoky Mountains National Park Area Not to be confused with Silers Bald in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, this 8.8 mile hike in Nantahala National Forest...
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Standing Indian Mountain
Introductory Guide to Visiting Great Smoky Mountains National Park Area Standing Indian is a pleasant five mile (round trip) hike along the Appalachian Trail in North Carolina’s Southern Nantahala...
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Wayah Bald
Introductory Guide to Visiting Great Smoky Mountains National Park Area Hiking from Wayah Gap to Wayah Bald is a fun, moderate 8.5 mile hike. The view from a top the stone observation tower has to be...
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Mouse Creek Falls & Midnight Hole
Introductory Guide to Visiting Great Smoky Mountains National Park Area This is an easy 4.25 mile hike that take you to visit two special spots – a beautiful waterfall and one of the most popular...
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Road to Nowhere – Goldmine Loop (NC)
Introductory Guide to Visiting Great Smoky Mountains National Park While the Road to Nowhere is popular and well-known, the adjacent Goldmine Loop seems lightly traveled and mysterious. We had a hard...
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Introductory Guide to Visiting Great Smoky Mountains National Park This 4 mile out-and-back is an easy hike to one of the Smokies’ lesser visited and under-appreciated waterfalls. The walk begins from...
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Introductory Guide to Visiting Great Smoky Mountains National Park This 8.7 mile loop didn’t offer much in the way of natural scenery – no great views, no plunging waterfalls, but we did see a bear!...
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