Cherokee National Forest

400 Trails 740 POIs 324 Peaks 19 Campsites 9 Picnic Sites 5 Viewpoints
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Description

Cherokee National Forest has eleven wilderness areas, three large lakes, and over 600 mi (970 km) of trails, including 150 mi (240 km) of the Appalachian Trail in the Great Smoky Mountains. There are 43 mammal species, 154 fish species, 55 amphibian species, and 262 bird species in the forest.

Trails in the Hikepack map

  • 1330 Bypass
  • 22
  • 37075
  • Appalachian Trail
  • Appalachian Trail (TN)
  • Appalachian Trail (VA)
  • Arbutus
  • Azalea
  • Backbone Rock Trail
  • Bald River Trail - NFS #88
  • Bar-B-Q Pit
  • Bear Paw Loop
  • Beaver Dam Road
  • Beech Bottom
  • Benton Falls
  • Big Butt Bypass Trail
  • Big Creek
  • Big Firescald Bypass Trail
  • Big Frog
  • Big Frog Road
  • Big Oak Creek Road
  • Big Oak Creek Tr
  • Birchlog Creek Road
  • Blue Blazed Trail
  • Boomer Den Road
  • Browns Ridge Lane
  • Brush Creek Trail
  • Burkett Ivin Horse Trail
  • Carl Smith Road
  • Cherokee Log Road
  • Chestnut Mountain Loop
  • Clear Creek
  • Clemmer
  • Clemmer Spur
  • Cotton Forest Rd
  • Cut Laurel Gap Road
  • Dry Pond Lead
  • East Short Creek Road
  • Ephiram Place Road
  • Estep Road
  • Falls Branch Road
  • Fodderstack Trail
  • Foot bridge
  • Foothills Tour
  • Forest Rd 101
  • Forest Road 236
  • Forest Road 302
  • Forest Walk
  • Fork Knob
  • Fork Ridge
  • Gap Trail
  • Gee Creek
  • Gee Creek Watchable
  • George Creek Trail
  • Gordon Lane
  • Government Road
  • Grassy Gap
  • Harr Road
  • Hartsell Hollow
  • Hemp Top
  • Hiwassee Horse Trail
  • Hollyhill Road
  • Howard Harrison Road
  • Hurricane Gap Road
  • Iron Mountain Trail
  • Jarrett Road
  • John Glover Road
  • John Goodin Road
  • Lady Slipper Loop
  • Laurel Fork Road
  • Laurel Ridge
  • Licklog Ridge
  • Little Cassaway Road
  • Little Stony Creek Road
  • Lowry Cove Trail
  • McKamy Lake
  • Mill Branch Trail
  • Morton Road
  • Mountain Valley-Watts Bar Dam
  • Mountains A
  • Mountains B
  • Mountains C
  • Neal Barnett Road
  • Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail
  • Paint Creek Road
  • Paint Mountain Road
  • Quartz Loop
  • Quartz Loop Spur
  • Rattlesnake Branch Road
  • Rattlesnake Ridge Trail
  • Red Fork Road
  • Redleaf
  • Rhododendron
  • Rich Mountain Look-Out Road
  • Rim Rock
  • Rim Rock Spur
  • River View Loop
  • River View Loop Spur
  • Rock Creek
  • Rocky Fork Trail
  • Rogers Branch
  • Rough Creek
  • Ruritan Road
  • Sage Hill Road
  • Scenic Spur
  • Seng Garden Road
  • Slick Rock Hancock Loop
  • Slick Rock Laurel Loop
  • Slick Rock Naked Widow Loop
  • Slickrock Creek Trail
  • Snowbird Mountain Road
  • Southern Rambler
  • Starr Mountain
  • Starr Mountain Extension
  • Starr Mountain Horse Trail
  • State Road 1304
  • Stateline Tour
  • Stone Mountain Trail
  • Streets Gap Road
  • Sugar Hollow Ridge Road
  • Sycamore Tr
  • The Noggin
  • Thunder Rock Trail
  • Tinker Branch Road
  • Tower Ridge
  • Tower Road
  • Trail
  • Trail from Mud Gap to Whigg Meadow
  • Two Dog Hollow Road
  • US Forrest Road
  • West Fork
  • White Rock Loop
  • White Rock Lower
  • White Rock Upper
  • Whitehouse Cliffs Trail/Route
  • Whitewater Bridge
  • Wolf Ridge
  • Wyatt Hollow Road
  • Yellow Stand Lead

Attractions in the Hikepack map

  • Abingdon Gap Shelter
  • Acorn
  • Alaculsy
  • Allen Grove
  • Apalachia
  • Apalachia Powerhouse Boat Launch
  • Appalachian Trail
  • Apple House Shelter
  • Archville
  • Austral
  • Backbone Rock
  • Backbone Rock Campground
  • Backwoods
  • Baker Knob
  • Bakers Grave Mountain
  • Bald Knob
  • Bald Mountain Shelter
  • Bald River Falls
  • Bald River Falls Overlook
  • Ball Play
  • Ballplay
  • Banner Hill
  • Barnetts
  • Bat Harbor
  • Bean Mountain;Oswald Dome
  • Bear Stand
  • Bearpen Hill
  • Beartown Mountain
  • Bee Cliff
  • Beetree Knob
  • Bell Mountain
  • Bellcow Mountain
  • Belltown
  • Belltown Hill
  • Belltown Mill
  • Belltown Post Office
  • Benton Springs
  • Bethany
  • Big Bald
  • Big Bull Mountain
  • Big Creek Launch
  • Big Fodderstack
  • Big Frog Mountain
  • Big Hill
  • Big Junction
  • Big Oak Mountain
  • Big Pine Mountain
  • Big Rock Island
  • Big Stamp
  • Birchfield Mountain
  • Bird Knob
  • Bitter End
  • Black Bear Resort
  • Black Mountain
  • Blackstack Cliffs
  • Blevins
  • Blue Mill
  • Blue Mountain
  • Blue Spring
  • Bluff Mountain
  • Bluffton
  • Bolden Knight Bluff
  • Boomer
  • Borin Top
  • Braemar
  • Brock Mountain
  • Browns
  • Brush Creek Mountain
  • Brush Mountain
  • Brushy Mountain
  • Buck Bald
  • Buck Mountain
  • Buffalo Mountain
  • Buffalo Rock
  • Buladeen
  • Bullet Creek
  • Bullet Mountain
  • Bumpus Cove
  • Bunker Hill
  • Buntontown
  • Burbank
  • Butler
  • Butler Mountain
  • Butler Post Office
  • Butt Mountain
  • Buzzard Roost
  • Cabin Hill
  • Cambria
  • Camp Creek
  • Camp Tom Howard
  • Campbell Pen Knob
  • Campsite
  • Campsite 2
  • Campsite 3
  • Can Lot
  • Cane Creek Mountain
  • Canebrake Mountain
  • Caney Creek
  • Cardens Bluff
  • Carter
  • Carter Knob
  • Carver's Gap
  • Carvers Gap
  • Cataska
  • Cataska Mountain
  • Catons Grove
  • Cedar Creek
  • Cedar Hill
  • Cedar Mountain
  • Cherokee
  • Cherokee Knob
  • Cherokee Mountain
  • Cherry Gap Shelter
  • Chestnust Inn B&B
  • Chestnut Inn B&B
  • Chestnut Knob
  • Chestnut Mountain
  • Chestnut Valley
  • Chestoa
  • Chimney Rocks
  • Chimneytop
  • Chuckey Mountain
  • Cinder Hill
  • Citico
  • Citico Beach
  • Citico Mountain
  • Clarke Mountain
  • Clarketown
  • Clearbranch
  • Click Mill
  • Clyde Smith Shelter
  • Coffee Ridge
  • Coker Creek
  • Coker Creek Post Office
  • Cold Spring
  • Coldspring Mountain
  • Coltens Cliff
  • Conasauga
  • Conasauga Post Office
  • Cove Creek
  • Crabtree
  • Crackers Neck
  • Crandull
  • Cross Mountain
  • Curley Maple Gap Shelter
  • Curtis Mountain
  • Cut Laurel Knob
  • Damascus
  • Dan Top
  • Davis Springs
  • Del Rio
  • Del Rio Post Office
  • Delaney Mountain
  • Devils Looking Glass
  • Ditney Mountain
  • Divide Mountain
  • Doe Mountain
  • Doeville
  • Dogtown
  • Donley Mountain
  • Double Springs Shelter
  • Dry Creek
  • Dry Hill
  • Dry Run Mountain
  • Dunkin' Donuts
  • Edwina
  • Elk Mills
  • Embreeville
  • Embreeville Junction
  • Embreeville Mountain
  • Epperson
  • Ernestville
  • Erwin
  • Erwin Post Office
  • Eureka
  • Evergreen
  • Fairview
  • Farmer Mill
  • Farner
  • Farner Post Office
  • Finney Patch
  • Firescald Knob
  • Fish Springs
  • Flag Pond
  • Flagpole Hill
  • Flagpole Point
  • Flats Mountain
  • Flattop
  • Flint Mountain
  • Fodderstack Mountain
  • Food Lion
  • Foot bridge
  • Forge Mountain
  • Fork Mountain
  • Fox Knob
  • French Broad
  • Friendship
  • Frozen Knob
  • Fuller
  • Gap Creek
  • Gap Run
  • Gee Knob
  • Gentry Mountain
  • Gipson Mountain
  • Grandfather Knob
  • Grassy Creek
  • Grassy Fork
  • Grassy Knob
  • Grassy Top
  • Gravelstand Top
  • Green Knob
  • Green Mountain
  • Greystone Mountain
  • Grindstone Knob
  • Gulf Mountain
  • Hall Mountain
  • Hall Top
  • Hambright
  • Hampton
  • Hampton Mill
  • Hankins Mountain
  • Harbuck
  • Harlan Mountain
  • Harmon
  • Harmony Grove
  • Harp Mountain
  • Harr
  • Harris Mill
  • Hartford
  • Hartford Post Office
  • Haw Knob Number One
  • Haw Knob Number Two
  • Hayesville
  • Haynes Knob
  • Hazelnut Knob
  • Heath
  • Heaton Creek
  • Hemlock Knob
  • Henderson Top
  • Heupscup Knobs
  • Hickory Lake
  • Hickory Tree
  • High Rock
  • High Top
  • Highrock
  • Hogback Mountain
  • Holiday Inn
  • Holly Springs
  • Holston High Knob
  • Holston Mountain
  • Holston Valley
  • Holy Hill
  • Honeycomb Mountain
  • Hooper Mountain
  • Hopson
  • Horseshoe
  • Housley
  • Houston Valley
  • Howard
  • Hulan Hollow
  • Hunter
  • Ikes Peak
  • Ingram Hill
  • Iron Mountain Shelter
  • Ironsburg
  • Ivy
  • Jackson Mountain
  • Jacktown
  • Jane Bald
  • Jeffs Knob
  • Jenkins Knob
  • Jenkins Mountain
  • Jenks Knob
  • John Mountain
  • Jump Hill
  • Kansas City
  • Katz Deli
  • Keenburg
  • Kimsey
  • Lanceville
  • Laurel Bloomery
  • Laurel Bloomery Post Office
  • Laurel Fork
  • Laurel Fork Shelter
  • Laurel Mountain
  • Lick Rock
  • Licklog
  • Licklog Top
  • Lillydale
  • Limestone Cove
  • Limestone Springs
  • Little Bald
  • Little Bald Mountain
  • Little Baldy
  • Little Bull Mountain
  • Little Doe
  • Little Dry Run Mountain
  • Little Firescald Knob
  • Little Fodderstack
  • Little Frog Mountain
  • Little Haw Knob
  • Little Milligan
  • Little Mountain
  • Little Oak Mountain
  • Little Pine Mountain
  • Little Pond Mountain
  • Little Rock Knob
  • Little Stone Mountain
  • Locust Knob
  • Locust Mountain
  • Locust Pole Knob
  • London
  • Looking Glass Mountain
  • Lookingglass Mountain
  • Love Station
  • Lowry Top
  • Lynn Carden Mountain
  • Maggies Mill
  • Maple Grove
  • Marbleton
  • Maroney Top
  • Maymead
  • McAllister Hill
  • McCulley Mountain
  • McFarland
  • McGeetown
  • McQueen Knob
  • Mecca
  • Merry Mountain
  • Messer Mountain
  • Midway
  • Mill Creek
  • Monterey Hills
  • Moreland Gap Shelter
  • Morgan Branch
  • Mose Mountain
  • Mount Zion
  • Mountain City
  • Narrows Knob
  • Neddy Mountain
  • Nelson High Point
  • Neva
  • Nit Top
  • No Business Knob
  • No Business Knob Shelter
  • Nough
  • Oak Grove
  • Oak Hill
  • Observation Knob
  • Ocoee #3
  • Offset
  • Okolona
  • Paint Mountain
  • Paint Rock
  • Painter Spring
  • Pandora
  • Panther Knob
  • Panther Mountain
  • Pardee Point
  • Parksville
  • Parksville Lake Recreation Area
  • Patterson Mill
  • Peaked Knob
  • Peaked Top
  • Peavey Mountain
  • Peavine Mountain
  • Peels High Top
  • Peels Top
  • Pictured Pine Knob
  • Pierce
  • Pine Knob
  • Pine Mountain
  • Pine Ridge
  • Pine Spring
  • Piney Bald
  • Piney Ball
  • Piney Grove
  • Piney Mountain
  • Pinnacle Mountain
  • Plato
  • Pleasant Garden
  • Pleasant Grove
  • Poga
  • Pond Mountain
  • Potato Hill
  • Potato Top
  • Powder Branch
  • Presswood Mountain
  • Prince Knob
  • Probst
  • Punch Bowl Mountain
  • Queens Mountain
  • Rafter
  • Rag Mountain
  • Rainbow Mountain
  • Rattlesnake Rock
  • Raven Branch
  • Raven Mountain
  • Read Hill
  • Red Mountain
  • Reese Mountain
  • Reesetown
  • Reliance
  • Rice Bend
  • Rich Hill
  • Rich Knob
  • Rich Mountain
  • Rich Top
  • Ricker Mountain
  • River Hill
  • Riverview
  • Roan High Knob
  • Roan High Knob Shelter
  • Roan Mountain
  • Roan Mountain Post Office
  • Rock Creek
  • Rockstack
  • Rocky Fork
  • Rocky Top
  • Rolling Hills
  • Round Bald
  • Round Knob
  • Round Mountain
  • Round Top
  • Rural Ridge
  • Sadie
  • Salt Spring Mountain
  • Sampson Mountain
  • Sandy
  • Sandy Lane
  • Sassafras Knob
  • Sawyer Mountain
  • Servilla
  • Shadtown
  • Shady Valley
  • Shady Valley Post Office
  • Shallowford
  • Sheep Top
  • Shell
  • Shell Creek
  • Shinbone Mountain
  • Shingletown
  • Short Mountain
  • Shouns
  • Siam
  • Silver Lake
  • Sink Mountain
  • Smith Mountain
  • Smithfield
  • Snaggy Mountain
  • Snowbird Mountain
  • Sol Messer Mountain
  • South Gate
  • Spring Mountain
  • Spring Mountain Shelter
  • Squawberry
  • Stan Murray Shelter
  • Stanley Cliff
  • Stansbury Mountain
  • Starr Mountain
  • Stiffknee Top
  • Stone Mountain
  • Stony Point
  • Stout Hill
  • Strawberry Fields
  • Strawberry Knob
  • Strawberry Mountain
  • Stump Knob
  • Sugar Creek
  • Sugar Hollow
  • Sugar Mountain
  • Sugarloaf Mountain
  • Sugarloat Mountain
  • Sutherland
  • Swanagan Mountain
  • Sylco
  • Tallasee Mountain
  • Tallassee Mountain
  • Tariffville
  • Tellico Beach
  • Tellico Mountain
  • Tellico Plains
  • Temple Hill
  • The Bald
  • Three Mountains
  • Three Points
  • Threewit Mountain
  • Tiger Valley
  • Tilson Mountain
  • Tolley Town
  • Tom Town
  • Towee
  • Towee Creek Picnic area
  • Towee Mountain
  • Tunbridge
  • Turkey Creek Mountain
  • Turkeypen Bluff
  • Turkeypen Mountain
  • Turtletown
  • Turtletown Post Office
  • Twin Oaks
  • Tyler Mountain
  • Unaka Mountain
  • Unaka Springs
  • Unicoi
  • Upper Shady
  • Upper Shell Creek
  • Valley Forge
  • Vandeventer Shelter
  • Vaughtsville Post Office (historical)
  • Vinegar Hill
  • Walmart Supercenter
  • Walnut Mountain
  • Walnut Mountain Shelter
  • Wasp
  • Watauga Lake Shelter
  • Watauga Valley
  • Watauga Valley Post Office
  • Waucheesi
  • Waucheesi Mountain
  • Wautauga Dam
  • Welcome Center and Museum
  • West Myers
  • Westbound closed Jan - March
  • Wheeler Spur
  • Whigg Meadow
  • Whispering Pines
  • White Cliff
  • White Oak Mountain
  • White Rock
  • White Rocks Mountain
  • Whitehead Hill
  • Whitehouse Cliffs
  • Whitewater Bridge
  • Wilbur
  • Wildcat Top
  • Willis Springs
  • Wills
  • Wilson Knob
  • Winchester
  • Winner
  • Winnie Knob
  • Wolf Creek
  • Woodby Hill
  • YMCA Camp Ocoee
  • Yellow Springs Mountain

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Contains data ©OpenStreetMap contributors (https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) under the Open Database License (https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/). Topographic map based on elevation data from Viewfinderpanoramas.org (Jonathan de Ferranti). Description text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License from Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_Creative_Commons_Attribution-ShareAlike_3.0_Unported_License). Cover image ©Chris M https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._National_Forests#/media/File:South_Fork_Citico_Creek.jpg CC BY-SA 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/)