Tennessee
ModerateTransamerica Trail — Tennessee Divide to Damascus via Iron Mountain and Whitetop Laurel
Appalachian ridgelines, red clay, and the finish line.
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Overlanding Trails in Tennessee
Trails curated for overlanders in Tennessee.
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North Carolina
ModerateTrans-America Trail — Murphy to Damascus via the North Carolina High Country
Where the TAT earns its dirt — deep Appalachia.
Tennessee
ModerateSawmill Road to Greenbrier — Smokies Backcountry Approach via Old NC-284 and Ramsey Prong
Elk, old homesteads, and Smokies solitude on dirt.
Tennessee
ModerateCalhoun Mountain to Tellico River — Cherokee National Forest Canyon Road via Bald River Falls
A waterfall ambush on every bend.
Tennessee
ModerateCalhoun Mountain to Ocoee Gorge — Cherokee National Forest Copper Basin Back Road via Turtletown Creek
Red hills, copper ghosts, and a wild Tennessee gorge.
Tennessee
DifficultBreaks of the Cumberland — Big South Fork Rim Road via Station Camp Ford and No Business Creek
Appalachian gorge ford country — remote and unforgiving.
Tennessee
ModerateCalhoun Mountain to Tellico Plains — Cherokee National Forest High Road via Unicoi Mountains
Unicoi ridge run with a waterfall chaser.
Tennessee
DifficultWilderness Road to Breaks of the Sandy — Big South Fork Rim Circuit via Station Camp Creek
Sandstone gorges and forgotten homesteads.
Tennessee
ModerateForest Road 154 — Lonesome Pine to Lost Creek via Ouachita Highlands Rim (Tennessee)
Ridge-top dirt above the Nolichucky gorge.
Tennessee
Cherokee National Forest Ocoee River Gorge Dispersed Sites
Whitewater rafting put-in area with established dispersed camping spots along the famous Ocoee River rapids.