Hikes · Tennessee
Best hikes in Tennessee.
Tennessee is the Great Smokies — the most-visited national park in the country, with misty ridges, roadside waterfalls, and the long climb to LeConte. It hikes most of the year; spring wildflowers and October color are peak, and the high trails ice up in winter. Easy paved falls for the RV crew, brutal climbs for the ambitious.
Boots on
10 hikes worth the detour.
Sorted easy to expert. Every one mapped with distance, route type, and elevation gain — built for everyone from the RV & camping crew to the bucket-list crowd.
a steep paved ramp to the highest point in the Smokies
Laurel Falls (Smokies)paved to an 80-ft waterfall — an RV-crew favorite
Savage Gulf (Stone Door)a famous cliff "door" on the Cumberland Plateau
House Mountainthe highest point in Knox County
Abrams Falls (Cades Cove)a powerful waterfall and big plunge pool
Chimney Tops (Smokies)short but steep to a rocky perch
Rainbow Falls (Smokies)an 80-ft fall on the way up Mount LeConte
Ramsey Cascades (Smokies)the tallest fall in the Smokies, in old-growth forest
Alum Cave to Mt LeConte (Smokies)the classic climb past Alum Cave Bluffs
Mount Cammerer (Smokies)a stone fire-tower lookout on the AT
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Hikes, gems, scenic drives — all in one Tennessee guide.
See everything worth the detour in Tennessee, then let Roamward build the trip around it. Know a Tennessee trail we’re missing? Add it — we’re building this with the people who actually hike it.