Today, Mt. LeConte Lodge is a fairly hard ... through old-growth forests and wildflowers to the Grotto Falls – the only trail in the Smokies where you can hike behind a waterfall.

Located along the Trillium Gap Trail – off the Roaring Fork Motor Nature Trail – Grotto Falls is a nearly 3-mile, out-and-back hike that runs behind a 25-foot waterfall. It's the only ...

Named for a Cherokee chief whose village once occupied a spot alongside the creek, Abrams Falls is small, but mighty. While the falls are just 20 feet high, they pump out a large volume of water ...