Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Day One:

7:00amCT - Leave Home (Milan, TN)

30 Minute - Bathroom Break

1:30pmET to 2:30pmET - Look Rock - Foothills Parkway (Look Rock Picnic Area Road A)
*Picnic Lunch
*Observation Deck - 1/2 Mile Hike

3:30pmET to 4:30pmET - Elkmont Campground - 434 Elkmont Road, Gatlinburg, TN
Camp - $20night (SiteG018)

4:45pmET to 7:45pmET - Laurel Falls Trailhead - Little River Road, Gatlingburg, TN
2.6 mile Round Trip - Laurel Falls

8:00pmET - camp/dinner

Day Two:

9:00amET - Leave Camp

9:30amET to 10:30am ET - Lazy Daze Campground - 8429 State Highway 73, Townsend, TN
Shower

11:30amET to 1:00pmET - Cades Cove Visitor Center & Museum - Cades Cove Loop Road
Cable Mill
Hours: Summer 9am to 7pm

1:00pmET to 1:30pmET - Picnic Lunch

3:00pmET to 4:00pmET - Sugarlands Visitor Center - 1420 Old State Hwy 73 Scenic, Gatlinburg, TN
Hours: Summer 8am to 7pm
20 Minute Film
Museum

4:15pmET to 5:00pmET - Noah "Bud" Ogle Self-Guiding Trail - Cherokee Orchard Road
Trail: 0.7 mile loop

5:00pmET to 7:00pmET - Roaring Fork Motor Nature Trail
*5:15pmET to 6:30pmET - Grotto Falls Trail - 2.6 mile RT

7:30pmET - Elkmont Camp/dinner

Day Three:

9:00amET - Leave camp

10:00amET to 12:00pmET - Clingman's Dome - Clingman's Dome Road

12:30pmET to 1:30pmET - Newfound Gap - Newfound Gap Road
*Picnic lunch
*Appalachian Trail
*Tennessee/North Carolina State Line

2:00pmET to 3:00pmET - Oconaluftee Visitor Center - US-441
Mountain Farm Museum
Mingus Mill

3:15pmET to 4:15pmET - Cherokee/Great Smokies KOA - 92 KOA Campground Road, Cherokee , NC
set up camp
$35 night

4:15pmET to 5:15pmET - Mingus Falls - Big Cove Road, Cherokee, NC
0.4 mile 

5:15pmET - Camp/Dinner/Shower

Day Four:

 9amET - Leave Camp

9:40amET to 11:00amET - Deep Creek Trails - W Deep Creek Road
Juneywhank Falls
Indian Creek Falls
Toms Branch Falls

 12:00pmET - 1:00pmET - Fontana Dam - Fontana Dam Road

 1:30pmET to 3:30pmET - Cherohala Skyway - US-129 & NC-143

 7:30pmCT - Home (5 hours drive)


Great Smokey Mountains National Park does not have showers at their campgrounds.  Here is a list of places that have been known to allow you to shower for a fee of $2-$5.

Alpine Campground-Pigeon Forge
Shady Oaks-Pigeon Forge
Fontana Dam TVA
Gatlinburg Community Center
Lazy Daze Campground-Townsend
Big Meadows Campground-Townsend
Ye Olde Mill Campground-Townsend
 Cherokee Campground-Cherokee
Happy Holiday RV Park-Cherokee

Other Lodging Options:

Fontana Village Resort-300 Woods Ave, Fontana Dam, NC
Honey Hill-2630 Smokey Park Hwy, Candler, NC
Mountain Bear Cabins