Cherokee National Forest · Tennessee, Georgia, North Carolina

Benton-McKaye

46 mi of trail, end to end · trail No. 2 · the forest publishes the line only

CampgroundsBoat launches

Along the way Towee Creek Launch Lost Creek Campground Thunder Rock Campground

Trailhead Childers Creek Trailhead Drive there

Childers Creek Trailhead the Forest Service's write-up

Childers Creek is a parking area for those to access the Hiwassee River and the John Muir Trail.

This trailhead on fs.usda.gov

Every trail in Cherokee National Forest

Other trails from the Childers Creek Trailhead

All 185 trails in Cherokee National ForestFind a trailForest on fs.usda.gov

About this trail's facts

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.