Porters Creek Trail to Fern Branch Falls – Great Smoky Mountain National Park

The two mile hike along the Porters Creek Trail to the Fern Branch Falls includes 700 feet of elevation gain and offers a great mix of history and nature. Along the way, you’ll pass the remnants of a farmstead, a cemetery, a historic barn and cabin, several foot bridges, wildflowers, and finally the 60-foot Fern Branch Falls. The trail continues on for another 1.7 miles, but we turned around at the falls.

On our visit to the Smoky Mountains, we stayed in Gatlinburg, Tennessee which is right outside the park boundaries.

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