To get into the National Park we drove through downtown Gatlinburg. It was bumper to bumper and everyone was out walking around enjoying the beautiful day. From one side of town to the other took us 1 1/2 hours to drive 8 miles to our destination for a hike.
We hiked Jakes Creek Trail to Avent Cabin. Here are pictures along the trail out to the cabin, it was about 2.7 miles out and back. The out is all an incline of a 482 ft.
To reach the cabin it's a little tricky catching the smaller trail that leads out to the cabin. We just happen to stop and notice some steps a trio of backpacking campers stopped to chat, they were looking for the trail to Avent cabin and thought it was about where we were stopped, we told them about the steps we found so we all hiked out the trail and it was to the cabin, yeah!
Elkmont Ghost Town in the park is where we parked to pick up the hiking trail. The fireplaces remain and some of the foundations along the trail of a resort area that was once established in the park. There is a campground called Elkmont that looked like a great place to camp.
Nothing like a walk in the woods.
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