Nantahala Outdoor Center (NOC)
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1138 Parkway
Gatlinburg (866) 349-5365ý
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"As Gatlinburg's outdoor activity center, NOC's Great Outpost will serve as a launching pad for Smokies recreation, offering a diverse range of affordable, family-oriented outdoor activities in the National Park like whitewater rafting, whitewater and flatwater kayaking, fly-fishing, guided hiking, mountain biking, outdoor education classes and nature tours. It will also feature educational exhibits on outdoor education, the environment, and connect guests with outdoor clubs and conservation groups that help protect the Smokies."
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Abrams Falls
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Trail Features: Waterfalls
Trail Location: Cades Cove
Roundtrip Miles: 5.0 miles
Total Elevation Gain: 340 feet
Avg. Elev Gain / Mile: 136 feet
Highest Elevation: 1710 feet
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Ace Gap
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Albright Grove
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Trail Features: Old Growth Forest / History / Flowers
Trail Location: Cosby
Roundtrip Miles: 7.0 miles
Total Elevation Gain: 1500 feet
Avg. Elev Gain / Mile: 429 feet
Highest Elevation: 3380 feet
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Alum Cave
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Trail Features: Views / Geological Features
Trail Location: Newfound Gap Road
Roundtrip Miles: 4.4 miles
Total Elevation Gain: 1125 feet
Avg. Elev Gain / Mile: 511 feet
Highest Elevation: 4955 feet
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Andrews Bald
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Trail Features: Panoramic Views
Trail Location: Clingmans Dome Area
Roundtrip Miles: 3.5 miles
Total Elevation Gain: 899 feet
Avg. Elev Gain / Mile: 514 feet
Highest Elevation: 6310 feet
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Spence-Russell Field Loop
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Trail Features: Panoramic Views, Mountain Laurel
Trail Location: Cades Cove Picnic Area
Roundtrip Miles: 13.3 miles
Total Elevation Gain: 3050 feet
Avg. Elev Gain / Mile: 459 feet
Highest Elevation: 5044 feet
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Spruce-Fir Trail
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Trail Features: Spruce-Fir Forest
Trail Location: Clingmans Dome Road
Roundtrip Miles: 0.35 miles
Total Elevation Gain: 25 feet
Avg. Elev Gain / Mile: 143 feet
Highest Elevation: 5684 feet
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Sugarland Mountain
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Trail Features: Views, Solitude, Old Growth Forest
Trail Location: Clingmans Dome Road
Roundtrip Miles: 7.0 miles
Total Elevation Gain: 1090 feet
Avg. Elev Gain / Mile: 311 feet
Highest Elevation: 5987 feet
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Toms Branch Falls
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Trail Features: Waterfalls
Trail Location: Deep Creek
Roundtrip Miles: 0.6 miles
Total Elevation Gain: 47 feet
Avg. Elev Gain / Mile: 157 feet
Highest Elevation: 1905 feet
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Twentymile Loop
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The Appalachian Trail
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The AT runs for 71 miles through the Smokies. You start at Fontana Dam and finish at Davenport Gap in Cosby.
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Schoolhouse Gap
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Trail Features: Quiet Forest Hike / Wildflowers
Trail Location: Between Townsend and Cades Cove
Roundtrip Miles: 3.8 miles
Total Elevation Gain: 513 feet
Avg. Elev Gain / Mile: 270 feet
Highest Elevation: 2158 feet
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Shuckstack
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Trail Features: Views / Wildflowers
Trail Location: Fontana Village
Roundtrip Miles: 7.0 miles
Total Elevation Gain: 2120 feet
Avg. Elev Gain / Mile: 606 feet
Highest Elevation: 4020 feet
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Silers Bald
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Trail Features: Panoramic Views
Trail Location: Clingmans Dome Road
Roundtrip Miles: 9.3 miles
Total Elevation Gain: 2152 feet
Avg. Elev Gain / Mile: 463 feet
Highest Elevation: 6575 feet
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Smokemont Loop
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Spence Field from Anthony Creek
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Trail Features: Panoramic Views, Mountain Laurel
Trail Location: Cades Cove Picnic Area
Roundtrip Miles: 10.3 miles
Total Elevation Gain: 2842 feet
Avg. Elev Gain / Mile: 552 feet
Highest Elevation: 4919 feet
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Spence Field from Lead Cove
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Trail Features: Panoramic Views, Mountain Laurel
Trail Location: Between Townsend and Cades Cove
Roundtrip Miles: 9.4 miles
Total Elevation Gain: 3100 feet
Avg. Elev Gain / Mile: 660 feet
Highest Elevation: 4919 feet
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Porters Creek Trail
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Trail Features: Waterfalls, Flowers, Stream, History
Trail Location: Greenbrier
Roundtrip Miles: 4.0 miles
Total Elevation Gain: 699 feet
Avg. Elev Gain / Mile: 350 feet
Highest Elevation: 2642 feet
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Rainbow Falls
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Trail Features: Waterfalls
Trail Location: Roaring Fork Motor Nature Trail
Roundtrip Miles: 5.4 miles
Total Elevation Gain: 1685 feet
Avg. Elev Gain / Mile: 624 feet
Highest Elevation: 4285 feet
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Ramsay Cascades
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Trail Features: Waterfalls, Old Growth Forest
Trail Location: Greenbrier
Roundtrip Miles: 8.0 miles
Total Elevation Gain: 2375 feet
Avg. Elev Gain / Mile: 594 feet
Highest Elevation: 4400 feet
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Ritch Mountain Loop
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Trail Features: Views / Wildflowers / History
Trail Location: Cades Cove
Roundtrip Miles: 8.5 miles
Total Elevation Gain: 1736 feet
Avg. Elev Gain / Mile: 408 feet
Highest Elevation: 3691 feet
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Rocky Top-Thunderhead
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Trail Features: Panoramic Views, Mountain Laurel
Trail Location: Cades Cove Picnic Area
Roundtrip Miles: 13.9 miles
Total Elevation Gain: 3665 feet
Avg. Elev Gain / Mile: 527 feet
Highest Elevation: 5527 feet
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Rough Fork Trail
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Mount Cammerer
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Trail Features: Panoramic Views
Trail Location: Cosby
Roundtrip Miles: 12.0 miles
Total Elevation Gain: 2470 feet
Avg. Elev Gain / Mile: 412 feet
Highest Elevation: 4928 feet
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Mount LeConte Trails
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Alum Cave, Bullhead, Rainbow Falls, Trillium Gap. All of these lead to the top! So check them out.
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Mount Sterling
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Trail Features: Panoramic Views
Trail Location: Mt. Sterling Gap
Roundtrip Miles: 5.6 miles
Total Elevation Gain: 2000 feet
Avg. Elev Gain / Mile: 714 feet
Highest Elevation: 5842 feet
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Newton Bald
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Noland Devide
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Oconaluftee River Trail
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Trail Features: Stream
Trail Location: Oconaluftee Visitor Center
Roundtrip Miles: 3.0 miles
Total Elevation Gain: 70 feet
Avg. Elev Gain / Mile: 47 feet
Highest Elevation: 2103 feet
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Lonesome Pine
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Lumber Ridge
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Middle Prong
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Cascading Stream
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Meigs Creek
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Meigs Mountain Trail
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Trail Features: Quiet Forest Hike
Trail Location: Elkmont
Roundtrip Miles: 4.6 miles
Total Elevation Gain: 661 feet
Avg. Elev Gain / Mile: 287 feet
Highest Elevation: 2744 feet
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Mingus Creek
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Indian Creek Falls
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Trail Features: Waterfalls
Trail Location: Deep Creek
Roundtrip Miles: 1.9 miles
Total Elevation Gain: 150 feet
Avg. Elev Gain / Mile: 158 feet
Highest Elevation: 1998 feet
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Juney Whank Falls
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Trail Features: Waterfalls
Trail Location: Deep Creek
Roundtrip Miles: 0.5 miles
Total Elevation Gain: 194 feet
Avg. Elev Gain / Mile: 776 feet
Highest Elevation: 2032 feet
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Kanati Fork Trail
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Trail Features: Wildflowers
Trail Location: Between Newfound Gap / Cherokee
Roundtrip Miles: 4.0 miles
Total Elevation Gain: 1495 feet
Avg. Elev Gain / Mile: 748 feet
Highest Elevation: 4328 feet
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Kephart Prong
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Little River Trail
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Trail Features: Stream / Wildflowers / Historical
Trail Location: Elkmont
Roundtrip Miles: 4.9 miles
Total Elevation Gain: 412 feet
Avg. Elev Gain / Mile: 168 feet
Highest Elevation: 2637 feet
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Lonesome Pine
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Gregory Bald
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Trail Features: Panoramic Views, Flame Azaleas
Trail Location: Cades Cove (Forge Creek Road)
Roundtrip Miles: 11.3 miles
Total Elevation Gain: 3020 feet
Avg. Elev Gain / Mile: 535 feet
Highest Elevation: 4949 feet
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Grotto Falls
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Trail Features: Waterfalls, Old Growth Forest
Trail Location: Roaring Fork Motor Nature Trail
Roundtrip Miles: 2.6 miles
Total Elevation Gain: 585 feet
Avg. Elev Gain / Mile: 450 feet
Highest Elevation: 3777 feet
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Hemphill Bald Loop
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Hen Wallow Falls
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Husky Gap
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Trail Features: Stream / Wildflowers / Historical
Trail Location: Elkmont
Roundtrip Miles: 10.0 miles
Total Elevation Gain: 1080 feet
Avg. Elev Gain / Mile: 216 feet
Highest Elevation: 3206 feet
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Husky Gap
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Trail Features: Quiet Forest Hike
Trail Location: Newfound Gap Road
Roundtrip Miles: 4.2 miles
Total Elevation Gain: 1240 feet
Avg. Elev Gain / Mile: 590 feet
Highest Elevation: 3180 feet
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Cove Mountain
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Trail Features: Waterfalls, Old Growth Forest
Trail Location: Little River Road
Roundtrip Miles: 7.7 miles
Total Elevation Gain: 1776 feet
Avg. Elev Gain / Mile: 461 feet
Highest Elevation: 4139 feet
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Cucumber Gap Loop
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Trail Features: Stream / Wildflowers / Historical
Trail Location: Elkmont
Roundtrip Miles: 5.6 miles
Total Elevation Gain: 830 feet
Avg. Elev Gain / Mile: 296 feet
Highest Elevation: 3055 feet
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Curry Mountain
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Deep Creek Loop
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Trail Features: Waterfalls / Wildflowers
Trail Location: Deep Creek
Roundtrip Miles: 4.6 miles
Total Elevation Gain: 579 feet
Avg. Elev Gain / Mile: 252 feet
Highest Elevation: 2437 feet
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Balsam Mountain
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Fork Ridge Trail
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Brushy Mountain
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Brushy Mountain Tr.
Sevier
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Trail Features: Views, Waterfalls, Wildflowers
Trail Location: Roaring Fork Motor Nature Trail
Roundtrip Miles: 6.8 miles
Total Elevation Gain: 1745 feet
Avg. Elev Gain / Mile: 513 feet
Highest Elevation: 4937 feet
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Bullhead Trail
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Trail Features: Views / Interesting Geology
Trail Location: Roaring Fork Motor Nature Trail
Roundtrip Miles: 5.9 miles
Total Elevation Gain: 1607 feet
Avg. Elev Gain / Mile: 545 feet
Highest Elevation: 4217 feet
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Charlies Bunion
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Trail Features: Panoramic Views
Trail Location: Newfound Gap
Roundtrip Miles: 8.1 miles
Total Elevation Gain: 1640 feet
Avg. Elev Gain / Mile: 405 feet
Highest Elevation: 6122 feet
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Chasteen Creek
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Chestnut Top Trail
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Trail Features: Views / Wildflowers
Trail Location: Townsend
Roundtrip Miles: 8.6 miles
Total Elevation Gain: 1486 feet
Avg. Elev Gain / Mile: 346 feet
Highest Elevation: 2374 feet
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Chimney Tops
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Trail Features: Panoramic Views
Trail Location: Newfound Gap Road
Roundtrip Miles: 4.0 miles
Total Elevation Gain: 1350 feet
Avg. Elev Gain / Mile: 675 feet
Highest Elevation: 4750 feet
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The Jump Off
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The trail to the Jump Off, via the Appalachian Trail, begins from the parking lot of Newfound Gap.
Trail Features: Panoramic Views
Trail Location: Newfound Gap
Roundtrip Miles: 6.5 miles
Total Elevation Gain: 1275 feet
Avg. Elev Gain / Mile: 392 feet
Highest Elevation: 6225 feet
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Balsam High Point
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Views, views, and more views!
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Baskin Creek Falls
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Trail Features: Waterfalls
Trail Location: Roaring Fork Motor Nature Trail
Roundtrip Miles: 3.0 miles
Total Elevation Gain: 953 feet
Avg. Elev Gain / Mile: 635 feet
Highest Elevation: 2927 feet
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Big Creek & Mouse Creek Falls
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Trail Features: Waterfalls
Trail Location: Big Creek
Roundtrip Miles: 4.0 miles
Total Elevation Gain: 580 feet
Avg. Elev Gain / Mile: 290 feet
Highest Elevation: 2240 feet
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Big Fork Ridge Loop
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Old Growth forest. This trail is 9.3 mi round trip and has a about 1800ft of elevation gain.
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Boogerman Loop
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