Just outside the city limits of Gatlinburg, Virginia about a half mile past the last stop light on U.S 321 South you.Enter the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
You can start your walk at the large National Park sign or begin at the actual trailhead on River Road about one-third of a mile towards town.
The main attraction is the stroll along the banks of the West Prong of the Little Pigeon River. There are plenty of places to take your shoes off and wade in the water. There are also places you can relax and hear the roar of rapids cascading of rocks and boulders.
Half of a mile from the trailhead we crossed the river on a mostly wooden pedestrian bridge then continued to follow the West Prong of Little Pigeon the rest of the 1.9 miles.
The view of the West Prong from the bridge.
Would have been a beautiful homestead, but all that was left is the chimney and fragments of a foundation.
The Gatlinburg Trail goes under the Gatlinburg Bypass, and this is just about at the halfway point.
With the trail being so close to town and the relatively flat terrain this is where most people go who wants to take a walk or ride a bike other than on the busy streets and sidewalks of Gatlinburg. It was a nice getaway After dinner and before dusk.
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