Fall colors in the Smokeys
October 2011
Day
Activity 1
Activity 2
Activity 3
Lodging
Fri - (10/14)
Pack Van
Drive 7:45pm-10:15pm
Mark & Dawn's
Sat - (10/15)
Lunch @ Dawn's
11:30am-12:30pm
Drive 12:30pm-3:00pm
Break 3:00pm-4:00pm
Drive 4:00pm-6:30pm
Dinner - Outback or Steak N Shake
Louisville,KY
Sun - (10/16)
Drive to Mt. Vernon, Ky
(exit 62)
9:00am-11:00am
Lunch (Arbys or Denny's)
11:00am-Noon
Drive Noon - 2:00pm
IJAMS Nature Center 2:00pm-4:15pm
Drive 4:15pm-5:00pm
Wears Valley,TN
Mon - (10/17)
Roaring Fork
Baskins Creek Falls Hike (easy rated 3.0 miles)
Baskin Falls link 2
Wears Valley,TN
Tue - (10/18)
Cades Cove - 11 mile one way driving loop
Look Rock Tower (1 mile RT hike)
Wears Valley,TN
Wed - (10/19)
Clingmans Dome - 1 mile RT hike
Drive 2 hours through park and parkway (80 miles) to graveyard
Drive Blue Ridge Parkway
Graveyard Fields Viewpoint
4 mile
hike?
Wears Valley,TN
Thu - (10/20)
Roaring Fork
Grotto Falls Hike (easy rated 2.6 miles)
Wears Valley,TN
Fri - (10/21)
Drive 8:30am - 11:30am
Lunch/park/play 3 hours
Drive 2:30pm -4:30pm (3 hours dinner and play)
Drive 7:30pm-2:30am:Home
Frommers
Fall Suggestions
Abrams Falls (Cades Cove)- 5 miles (another time)
Suggested Hikes
Appalachian Trail
Inspiration Point on Alum Cave Trail - 3.6 miles round trip (another time)
Dupont State Forest/high falls/triple falls (another time)
2000 miles / 22
$ ~$385 gas
$ $615 lodging
No park entrance fees