Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee, U.S.
Trailheads
Mount Le Conte, Tennessee (Trailhead near Walker Camp Prong off U.S. Highway 441) Terminus at junction with the Rainbow Falls Trail[1]
Use
Hiking
Elevation change
2,700 ft (820 m)
Highest point
Junction with the Rainbow Falls Trail
Lowest point
Trailhead at Walker Camp Prong
Difficulty
Moderately strenuous
Season
Spring to Fall
Sights
Arch Rock, Alum Cave Bluff, Great Smoky Mountains
Hazards
Ice (in winter), loose rocks
Trail map
The Alum Cave Trail, also known as Alum Cave Bluff Trail, is a hiking trail in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, in Sevier County, Tennessee. The trail ascends Mount Le Conte, the sixth highest mountain east of the Mississippi River, and passes by many notable landmarks, such as Arch Rock, Inspiration Point, and the Duckhawk Peaks before merging with Rainbow Falls Trail near the summit.
The AlumCaveTrail, also known as AlumCave Bluff Trail, is a hiking trail in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, in Sevier County, Tennessee. The...
Rainbow Falls before absorbing the AlumCaveTrail and terminating near the LeConte Lodge. The Rainbow Falls Trail is approximately the same as the route...
destinations in the park, with a total of five trails leading to its summit. The most heavily traveled is the AlumCaveTrail. It provides many scenic overlooks and...
distance to LeConte Lodge, where the trail terminates at its junction with the AlumCaveTrail and the Trillium Gap Trail. LeConte Lodge is the only commercial...
Tennessee, and the highest point along the 2,192-mile (3,528 km) Appalachian Trail. It is also the third highest point in eastern mainland North America, after...
park are over 25 miles (40 km) of hiking trails, rock formations, waterfalls, and recess caves. The trails are open from dawn to dusk, all year round...
Gill System Alum Pot System Mossdale Caverns Leck Fell Caves Easegill System White Scar Caves in Chapel-le-Dale near Ingleton Ingleborough Cave in Clapdale...
Alum Creek State Park is a 4,630-acre (1,870 ha) Ohio state park in Delaware County, Ohio, in the United States. Alum Creek Lake was constructed from...
Iroungou cave Mbenaltembe cave Faucon cave Enkapune Ya Muto Kitum Cave Leviathan Cave Mau Mau Caves Njoro River Cave Paradise Lost Caves Kome Caves Ain Zayanah...
Trail, which crosses alongside the memorial and over the highway towards Clingmans Dome. AlumCave Bluff Trail: The most popular of the five trails that...
000-scale series Topographic Maps" (PDF). Notes Ed Wright. "The AlumCave Bluffs Trail". 1001 Hikes to Mt LeConte and Counting. Archived from the original...
bridle trail from Katoomba (New South Wales, Australia) to the Jenolan Caves, and is now a walking trail of 44.3 kilometers. The Jenolan Caves are a tourist...
Preserve Trails, 5 miles (8.0 km); Huntsville Alum Hollow Trail, 1 mile (1.6 km) East Plateau Trail, 0.6 miles (0.97 km) West Plateau Trail, 0.4 miles...
The Little Miami Scenic Trail is the fourth longest paved trail in the United States, running 78.1 miles (125.7 km) through five southwestern counties...
and collapsed caves in the Ozark region. These include Clifty Hollow Natural Bridge (actually a series of arches) in Missouri, and Alum Cove in the Ozark–St...
site of alum mining from 1727 until the late 1800s. Around the edge of the bay is a white sand beach called Runswick Sands, and a series of caves. The largest...
into the backup shooting guard position behind well-known veteran and Duke alum Grant Hill. Redick competed against Trevor Ariza and Keith Bogans for the...
October 2014). "No More Clowning Around: AHS: Freak Show Star & Broadway Alum Finn Wittrock Marries Sarah Roberts". Broadway. Archived from the original...
35.65083°N 83.43361°W / 35.65083; -83.43361 and its confluence with AlumCave Creek is at 35°38′02″N 83°26′18″W / 35.63389°N 83.43833°W / 35.63389;...
Talus caves are located among the boulders in the forest around the Ledges. The park has many trails, most notably the 20-mile (32 km) Towpath Trail, which...
2022. Retrieved March 24, 2022. Daw, Stephen (April 12, 2022). "Drag Race Alum Alaska Is Bringing Theatrics to the Studio With Drag: The Musical". Billboard...
Along the confluence trail, visitors can see where Alum, Big Walnut and Blacklick Creeks merge. Picnic areas, lakes, and extensive trails round out the features...
tribes inhabiting the Eastern woodlands. They planted maize and manufactured alum pipes, which they traded along with furs with the French colonizers. Historically...
the northwest and outflow to the southeast. Smaller tributaries include Alum Creek, which flows south into the northern end of the reservoir, and Bluff...