Ramblings and images of some of the wonderful places we've visited
Thursday, March 9, 2017
Middle Prong Trail - Great Smoky Mountains National Park
We hiked the Middle Prong Trail to the Panther Creek Trail junction in Great Smoky Mountains National Park again in early October 2016. This was our third outing of the year on this trail. The trailhead is located at the end of Upper Tremont Road. Upper Tremont Road begins a the intersection of Tremont Road and the driveway to the Great Smoky Mountain Institute at Tremont. Tremont Road and Upper Tremont Road combined are about five miles long. Details of our 8.4 mile round-trip hike in March 2016, including a topographic map, can be viewed here.
We were a bit too early for the fall foliage, but the 4.6 mile round-trip walk to the Panther Creek Trail junction kept us beside the quick flowing and always changing Lynn Camp Prong the entire way.
Pedestrian and equestrian bridge across Lynn Camp Prong from parking area to trailhead
Lynn Camp Prong Cascades
Another view of Lynn Camp Prong Cascades
Upper end of Lynn Camp Prong Cascades
A four-foot waterfall on Lynn Camp Prong
The trail follows an old logging railroad
Lynn Camp Prong flows over two rock ledges
Looking downstream below the rock ledges
Panther Creek Trail fording of Lynn Camp Prong
Entry to Great Smoky Mountains National Park is free.
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