Tennessee hiking trails - John Muir National Recreation Trail, Great Smoky Mountains, Polk County
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| | In the Great Smoky Mountains there are many great hiking trails where you can absorb the beauty of these mountains. Spending too much time indoors got you down? No problem, John Muir National Recreation Trail in Polk County, Tennessee is a good choice. And if that's not sufficient, there's a load more to do close to John Muir National Recreation Trail. This river has so much to offer. There's so much to do here at John Muir National Recreation Trail that you need to camp here for a while, Gee Creek Campground is a wonderful site for that; a quick tour to |
Butler Branch is definitely a wonderful idea. Summertime highs at John Muir National Recreation Trail generally tend to be in the 80's. For the period of the moonlight hours it's regularly in the 60's. High temperatures through the wintertime are normally in the 40's with winter
| lows in the 20's overnight here at John Muir National Recreation Trail. You'll truly wish for more hours in a day to enjoy all the exciting stuff in the Great Smoky Mountains. There are some fine whitewater spots on Wolf Creek, and if you're here, you could have a look at Deep Branch. John Muir National Recreation Trail is a trail quite far from Athens but you always have a good time when you're hiking along it. Hiking in Tennessee is such a great thing to do. John Muir National Recreation Trail is in close proximity to The Narrows which is definitely | |
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worth stopping at, and John Muir National Recreation Trail is a place with many visitors from Athens. Get yourself into a kayak and hit Hiwassee River; John Muir National Recreation Trail is glorious enough to spend more than a day at, Coker Creek Village is a glorious local
campground. All the water falling down from the sky makes John Muir National Recreation Trail a wet location; most of the rain falls throughout March while October is typically the driest month.
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| These outdoors activities are available near John Muir National Recreation Trail. |
| | Trails Near John Muir National Recreation Trail:
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Smith Mountain Trail, Polk County
, 2 miles away |
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Unicoi Mountain Trail, Polk County
, 3 miles away |
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Ivy Trail, Monroe County
, 4 miles away |
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Rock Creek Trail, Polk County
, 6 miles away |
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Dry Pond Lead Trail, Polk County
, 6 miles away |
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Unicoi Trail, Polk County
, 7 miles away |
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Rogers Branch Trail, Polk County
, 7 miles away |
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| | Whitewater Near John Muir National Recreation Trail:
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Hiwassee River, Polk County
County
, 1 miles away, Class II - 5.8 miles long (Appalachia Powerhouse to Bridge at Reliance) |
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Wolf Creek, Polk County
County
, 3 miles away, Class IV+ - 2.3 miles long (FR to Hiawassee River) |
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Coker Creek, Polk County
County
, 3 miles away, Class III-IV(V) - 6 miles long (Highway 68 to Hiwassee River) |
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Hiwassee River, Polk County
County
, 4 miles away, Class III-IV - 4.8 miles long (Appalachia Dam to Appalachia Powerhouse) |
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Little Loss Creek, Polk County
County
, 5 miles away, Class -blank- - 2 miles long (into Big Loss Creek) |
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| | Hotels Near John Muir National Recreation Trail:
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Mountain Stream Lodging, Reliance
, 6 miles away |
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Ducktown Copper Inn, Ducktown
, 9 miles away |
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Holiday Terrace Motel, Etowah
, 11 miles away |
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Sleep Inn Etowah, Etowah
, 11 miles away |
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Ocoee Chevron & Country Inn, Copperhill
, 11 miles away |
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