Tennessee hiking trails - Messer Trail, Great Smoky Mountains, Cocke County
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Latitude: 35.7575 Longitude: -83.22972
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| | Time to get out and breathe some fresh air, and if you happen to be in Cocke County of Tennessee, Messer Trail is a great local trail for doing a bit of leg stretching. Hiking trails like this one are plentyful in the Great Smoky Mountains where you can truly take in all the beauty of these mountains. So much cool stuff to do at Messer Trail, so little time. Messer Trail is in the neighborhood of Bear Neck Gap which is definitely worth stopping at. The high level of precipitation makes Messer Trail a rather wet place; the wettest month of the year is mostly |
May, that's the one that rains the most while October is the month with the least amount of precipitation. This is such a fun river. Get yourself into a kayak and hit Pigeon River; Great Smoky Mountains National Park is one of the destinations that are delightful to stop by
| close by. If you came to camp Circle w RV Ranch is a great place to do that, and Messer Trail is not far at all from Newport. All the outdoors enjoyable things in the Great Smoky Mountains will keep you coming back again and again. Getting to Inadu Creek from Messer Trail is easy. There's so much to do here at Messer Trail that you need to camp here for a while, Indian Camp Creek Camp Ground is a great spot for that. A long drive separates Newport from Messer Trail, but if you're looking for a good place to go hiking this is a good choice. Some nearby | |
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water includes Lower Falling Branch, and get wet paddling on Big Creek. At Messer Trail all through the warmest time of the year highs are in the 80's. Summer overnight lows descend down to the 60's. Daytime highs all through the winter are in the 40's, and overnight lows at Messer Trail during the winter regularly descend into the 20's. In Tennessee you never run out of outdoors fun.
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| These outdoors activities are available near Messer Trail. |
| | Trails Near Messer Trail:
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Lower Whiterock Trail, Cocke County
, 3 miles away |
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Stone Mountain Trail, Cocke County
, 7 miles away |
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Baxter Creek Trail, Haywood County
, 8 miles away |
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Big Branch Trail, Haywood County
, 9 miles away |
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Palmer Creek Trail, Haywood County
, 10 miles away |
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Asbury Trail, Haywood County
, 12 miles away |
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Caldwell Fork Trail, Haywood County
, 12 miles away |
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| | Whitewater Near Messer Trail:
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Big Creek, Haywood County
County
, 7 miles away, Class V - 5.4 miles long (Walnut Bottom to NPS Campground) |
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Pigeon River, Cocke County
County
, 8 miles away, Class II-III - 4.2 miles long (Walter's Power Plant at Waterville to Bridge at Hartford) |
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Pigeon River, Cocke County
County
, 8 miles away, Class III+ - 4.66 miles long (Big Creek to Hartford) |
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Big Creek, Haywood County
County
, 9 miles away, Class IV - 2 miles long (NPS Campground to Confluence with Big Pigeon) |
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Little Pigeon River - Middle Prong, Sevier County
County
, 9 miles away, Class V - 1.4 miles long (Ramsey Prong/ Eagle Rocks Prong confluence to Bridge at Trailhead) |
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| | Hotels Near Messer Trail:
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Fox Den Motel, Cosby
, 2 miles away |
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Cub Motel, Cosby
, 2 miles away |
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L Ranch Motel, Cosby
, 4 miles away |
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Bent Creek Golf Village, Gatlinburg
, 8 miles away |
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Wa Floy Mountain Retreat, Gatlinburg
, 9 miles away |
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