Our mid-April 2021 visit to Great Smoky Mountains National Park continued with a short walk (less than ¼ mile) up the Chestnut Top Trail to view the spring wildflowers. The trailhead is located across the road from the Townsend Wye parking area just north of the intersection of Laurel Creek Road and Little River Gorge Road. The trail is much longer, but the wildflowers cover the hillside above the trailhead.
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| Purple Phacelia (Phacelia bipinnatifida) |
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| Star Chickweed (Stellaria pubera) |
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| White Trillium (Trillium grandiflorum) |
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| White Baneberry (Actaea pachypoda) |
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| An unknown type of spring ephemeral |
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| Yellow Trillium (Trillium luteum) |
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| False Solomon's Seal (Maianthemum racemosum) |
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| Another yellow trillium |
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| Another white trillium |
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| Greenery along the trail |
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| Purple Phacelia (Phacelia bipinnatifida) |
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| Closeup of Purple Phacelia |
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| Closeup view of a yellow trillium |
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| Wildflowers spilling across the trail |
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| Ferns |
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| Lots of roots along the trail |
There is no entrance fee at Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
The park website is https://www.nps.gov/grsm/index.htm.
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