National Forest · Tennessee, Georgia, North Carolina

Trails in Cherokee National Forest

185 named trails · 596 miles · 4 trailheads · 17 with the Forest Service's own write-up. Each trail's page has its profile, trailhead and the Service's write-up. The lines, trailheads and points are the Forest Service's; the write-ups are the Service's own words; the climbing is read from USGS elevation along each line.

185 trails, A to Z.

More hikes the Forest Service describes

Write-ups that name no single mapped trail, in the Service's words.

• Chestoa Overlook
  This is a 1.8 mile hike (one-way) along the Appalachian National Scenic Trail to vista points overlooking the Nolichucky River Gorge.
• Pinnacle Tower Hike
  Located atop Buffalo Mountain at 3,520 feet above sea level, Pinnacle Mountain Fire Tower has served as sentinel for forested lands in Unicoi and Washington counties for the past 75 years.

About these trails

The lines are the US Forest Service's National Forest System trails layer (public domain), read 2026-10-16 and simplified for the map; the length is the line's, end to end, and the class, surface, grade and tread width are the forest's own entries where it publishes them - a forest that publishes the centreline alone has none. The trailheads and the points along the way are the Service's recreation points, and the write-ups its own recarea text, unedited. Heights come from USGS 3DEP through Terrain Tiles on AWS (Mapzen/Tilezen), read along each line and rounded; a short trail on steep ground can be off by a few tens of feet. Closures change: check the forest's own site before you go.