Smokemont Loop Trail

Smokemont Loop Trail: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this trek: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Smokemont Loop Trail

Season: October to February.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

Visiting Smokemont Loop Trail: tips

• Start early, check the weather and tell someone your route.

How to reach Smokemont Loop Trail — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 35.56769, -83.32085. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Smokemont Loop Trail

• Charlies Bunyon · viewpoint · East Tennessee · ~12 km · Must-see
• Mount Kephart · viewpoint · East Tennessee · ~12 km · Must-see
• Newfound Gap Overlook · viewpoint · East Tennessee · ~13 km · Must-see
• Anakeesta Knob · viewpoint · East Tennessee · ~14 km · Must-see
• Mount Sequoyah · viewpoint · East Tennessee · ~15 km · Must-see
• Woolly Tops Mountain · viewpoint · East Tennessee · ~15 km · Must-see
• Mount Mingus · viewpoint · East Tennessee · ~17 km · Must-see
• Mount Collins · viewpoint · East Tennessee · ~17 km · Must-see
• Mount Chapman · viewpoint · East Tennessee · ~17 km · Must-see
• Marks Knob · viewpoint · East Tennessee · ~18 km · Must-see
• Mount Le Conte · viewpoint · East Tennessee · ~18 km · Must-see
• Mount Hardison · viewpoint · East Tennessee · ~19 km · Must-see
• Tricorner Knob · viewpoint · East Tennessee · ~19 km · Must-see
• Chimney Tops · viewpoint · East Tennessee · ~20 km · Must-see
• Andrews Bald · viewpoint · East Tennessee · ~20 km · Must-see
• Kuwohi · viewpoint · Swain · ~20 km · Must-see
• Kuwohi · viewpoint · East Tennessee · ~20 km · Must-see
• Mount Guyot · viewpoint · East Tennessee · ~20 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Smokemont Loop Trail

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• Benton MacKaye Trail · trek · Cherokee · ~76 km · Must-see
• Mountains-to-Sea Trail · trek · Buncombe · ~110 km · Must-see
• Arkaquah Trail · trek · Union · ~113 km · Must-see
• Duncan Ridge Trail · trek · Union · ~143 km · Must-see
• Cumberland Trail · trek · East Tennessee · ~144 km · Must-see
• Boulevard Trail · trek · East Tennessee · ~15 km
• Alum Cave Trail · trek · East Tennessee · ~17 km
• Foothills Trail · trek · Pickens · ~95 km
• Sweat Heifer Creek Trail · trek · Swain · ~10 km

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