Gatlinburg, Tennessee Auto Driving Tours
Though much of the half-million-square-acre park is still wilderness with natural features suchas hiking trails, mountain vistas, waterfalls, and nature trails, the Park contains roads (both improved and unimproved) that showcase the natural beauty. Try one or more of the following auto tours to get a good feel for what wonderful things the Great Smokies National Park has to offer. Click on the links for a detailed description of each tour, directions, mileage and approximate time required to comfortably complete the tour.
Blue Ridge Parkway Auto Tour - This route follows the Appalachian Mountain chain from Shenendoah National Park to the Great Smokies National Park—a distance of 469 miles.
Cades Cove Loop Road - The most visited part of the Park--and for good reason
Clingmans Dome - At the Tennessee/North Carolina border from Newfound Gap Road, you can take this beautiful 7-mile drive to the highest point in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
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Cosby-Big Creek-Cataloochee Tour - This 11-mile tour passes historic schools, Gatlinburg Cabin Rental - Homes, and churches on the North Carolina-side of the Park.
Greenbrier Road Tour - This route follows the Little Pigeon River to Trillium Gap and road leads to the trailhead to Ramsay Cascades, arguably the best waterfall in the Park.
Lakeview Drive - This six-mile drive is also known as "the Road to Nowhere" and affords great views of Fontana Lake.
Little River Road Tour - Originally an old railroad roadbed in Little River Gorge, this 18-mile route runs from the Sugarlands Visitor Center to the entrance of the Cades Cove Loop Road.
Newfound Gap - Clingman's Dome Tour - Newfound Gap Road, which is the only road to completely traverse the Park, courses the 32 miles between Cherokee NC and Gatlinburg TN.
Parson Branch Road - This 8-mile gravel road leads from the Cades Cove Loop Road to US 129 toward the North Carolina side of the Park and Calderwood Dam.
Rich Mountain Road - This 7-mile, one-way route runs north from Cades Cove to the Park boundary at Rich Mountain Gap and on down the mountain to Townsend TN.
Roaring Fork Motor Tour - A five-mile one-way tour near Gatlinburg that is referred to as a "motorized nature trail".
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