The Indian Boundary Recreation Area is a popular camping location in the Cherokee National Forest near Tellico Plains, Tennessee. To reach the recreation area, drive east on Tennessee route 165, the Cherohala Skyway, for sixteen miles from its beginning in Tellico Plains. Then turn left on Forest Road 345 and follow it for two miles. Besides a large campground, camp store, restrooms and bathhouses that are open seasonally, there is a three mile trail around the 96 acre Indian Boundary Lake. We hiked this easy trail in a clockwise direction in early February 2014.
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| Typical trail conditions |
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| Flats Mountain rises above the lake |
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| Sunlight and shadows on the ice |
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| Donnelly Branch |
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| Ice settles on the shore as the lake is drawn down |
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| Stumps break through the ice as the lake level drops |
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| Sunlight reflected on Gold Branch |
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| Flats Creek |
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| Bench or unfinished stairway? |
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| Stumps dot the bottom of the lake |
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| The lake is frozen from shore to shore |
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| The trail crosses above the dam |
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| View from the dam |
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| Sunset over the mudflats |
The Cherokee Forest website is http://www.fs.usda.gov/cherokee.
Additional information about the Indian Boundary Recreation Area is available at http://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/cherokee/recreation/hiking/recarea/?recid=35150&actid=50.
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