10Explores: Ijams River Trail
Ijams in Knoxville has more than 12 miles of nature trails open to hikers and runners. An easy trail to start with is the River Trail.
View Article10Explores: Gatlinburg Trail
At just shy of 4 miles round trip on a well-marked, relatively flat path, the Gatlinburg Trail is considered an easy hike near the Sugarlands Visitor Center.
View Article10Explores: Fighting Creek Nature Trail
At just around 1.5 miles round trip on a well-marked path, the Fighting Creek Nature Trail is considered an easy to moderate hike.
View Article10Explores: Cataract Falls
At just over 1 mile round trip on a well-marked path, the trip to Cataract Falls is considered an easy hike on the Cove Mountain Trail in the Great Smoky Mountains.
View Article10Explores: Lake Shore Loop at Concord Park
At a little over 1.5 miles, the Lake Shore Loop on the eastern side of the park follows along Fort Loudoun Lake and is considered an easy trail.
View Article10Explores: Baskins Creek Falls
At just over 3 miles, the hike to Baskins Creek Falls is considered moderately difficult. The trail is downhill to the falls and can be steep in some spots.
View Article10Explores: Ridge Top Trail at Fort Loudoun State Historic Park
Ridge Top Trail is a just over 1.5-mile looped hike with views of Tellico Lake and the Great Smoky Mountains at its scenic overlook.
View Article10Explores: Meigs Creek Cascade
Starting at The Sinks, the moderately difficult trail to the cascade is around 3.5 miles roundtrip with some elevation gain early on and a few creek crossings.
View Article10Explores: Island Loop Trail at Seven Islands State Birding Park
At around 2.5 miles roundtrip, the Island Loop Trail is considered an easy hike starting at the ADA-compliant Bobwhite Accessible Trail.
View Article10Explores: Tharp Trace at Mead's Quarry
Though it makes up just over a mile of the Ijams trails, Tharp Trace is a moderate to difficult rated loop around the historic Mead's Quarry in Knoxville.
View Article10Explores: Twin Creeks Trail to Bud Ogle Cabin
At 4.5 miles roundtrip, the Twin Creeks Trail is considered an easy hike and leads to the Bud Ogle Cabin.
View Article10Explores: Cove Hardwood Nature Trail
Beginning at the Chimneys Picnic Area, the trail is an easy loop that runs just under a mile with some of the best wildflower viewing in the national park.
View Article10Explores: Elkmont Nature Trail
The looped trail is a quieter hike in the Great Smoky Mountains that's a little less than a mile and ranked with an easy difficulty level.
View Article10Explores: Porters Creek Trail
Porters Creek Trail is an easy to moderately difficult trek at roughly 4 miles roundtrip to Fern Branch Falls in the Great Smoky Mountains' Greenbrier area.
View Article10Explores: Abrams Falls
The hike to Abrams Falls is roughly 5 miles roundtrip and rated as moderately difficult in the Great Smoky Mountains Cades Cove area.
View Article10Explores: Mount LeConte
No matter which trail you take to the Great Smoky Mountains' third-highest peak, the views at the top are worth the strenuous hike up.
View Article10Explores: Thunderhead Prong Quiet Walkway
Starting at the Middle Prong Trailhead, this quiet walkway is just shy of 1.5 miles roundtrip of easy hiking along Thunderhead Prong.
View Article10Explores: Andrews Ridge Trail at Norris Dam State Park
Andrews Ridge Trail is a little less than 2 miles of easy hiking at the park's highest point.
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