I wrote a blog post more than a week ago on feeling like we’ve (started to) arrive to Knoxville; a big part of the reason why has been the chance to spend time as a family outdoors—a silver lining of a difficult year. I think one or two of these dates may be inaccurate by a day or two (I mainly used pictures and recordings from Strava to recall them), but, I spent a bit of time capturing our walks and hikes, all except for three (Mt. Sterling, AT around Hot Springs, and West Prong) either as a family or with my son, since the beginning of the fall semester. GSMNP = Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
| Date | Trail | Location | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11/15 | Mt Sterling Loop | GSMNP | 16.72 |
| 11/14 | Norris Dam | Norris Dam State Park | 3.00 |
| 11/7 | Laurel Falls Trail | GSMNP | 4.06 |
| 11/2 | Obed Point Trail | Obed | 4.36 |
| 10/31 | Seven Islands | Seven Islands State Park | 2.50 |
| 10/25 | Bote Mountain | GSMNP | 5.32 |
| 10/24 | Frozen Head | Frozen Head State Park | 2.50 |
| 10/23 | Seven Islands State Park | Seven Islands State Park | 2.50 |
| 10/17 | Emory Falls | Frozen Head State Park | 2.85 |
| 10/9 | AT around Hot Springs | Pisgah | 10.09 |
| 10/4 | Clingman’s Dome, AT | GSMNP | 3.09 |
| 9/28 | Natural Tunnel | Natural Tunnel State Park | 2.30 |
| 9/22 | West Prong | GSMNP | 4.00 |
| 9/20 | Sharp’s Ridge | Knox | 4.00 |
| 9/12 | Seven Islands State Park | Seven Islands State Park | 2.50 |
| 8/30 | Ijams | Ijams | 2.00 |
| 8/23 | Ijams | Ijams | 2.00 |
| 8/20 | Hastie | William Hastie | 3.00 |
| 8/16 | Middle Prong | GSMNP | 3.19 |
It’s hard to pick a favorite, it would probably be Emory Falls; a perfect late afternoon Saturday hike with my little one. Another favorite was Obed Point Trail. Clingman’s Dome was fun, but a long drive (~ 1h 45m minutes, each way). A favorite hike that we didn’t make it to this fall was to Abrams Creek, only 50m from Knoxville but in the Smokies. I actually thought we went sometime in August, but could not find any record of it!
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