![]() ![]() ![]() It takes an average of seven days to hike the full route, or you can start midway at Newfound Gap to reduce the distance by half. After you exit Great Smoky Mountains National Park, head to the nearby town of Hot Springs for a nice soak after the hike. Along the way, the trail follows the state border of Tennessee and North Carolina, only crossing one road at Newfound Gap near the center of the park. On the southwest end, where most Appalachian Trail hikers start, the trail crosses into the park at Fontana Dam, ascends up to its highest point at Clingmans Dome and back down in elevation in the northeast area of the park where it exits at Davenport Gap. Appalachian Trail route through Great Smoky Mountains National Park, hugging the state border. It’s a spectacular place to get a taste of the AT before you commit to the idea of hiking the entire trail’s 2,181 miles from Georgia to Maine. It travels 72 miles through Great Smoky Mountains National Park following the Tennessee-North Carolina border bisecting the park. The Appalachian Trail (AT), one of our nation’s most spectacular hiking trails.
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