How Do You Find Trails In Smoky Mountain National Park?
Ridge upon ridge of forest straddles the border between North Carolina and Tennessee in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. World renowned for its diversity of plant and animal life, the beauty of its ancient mountains, and the quality of its remnants of Southern Appalachian mountain culture, this is America’s most visited national park. Between the history of Cade’s Cove and the woodlands surrounding it, waterfalls you can drive to and gems you can mine yourself, Smoky Mountain offers recreation for the whole family. Every year over 200,000 visitors hike well-worn trails to view Grotto, Laurel, Abrams, Rainbow, and other popular waterfalls in the park. Large waterfalls attract the crowds, but smaller cascades and falls can be found on nearly every river and stream in the park. The Great Smoky Mountains abound with the two ingredients essential for waterfalls—ample rainfall and an elevation gradient. This abundant rainfall trickles and rushes down the mountain sides, from high elevati
