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Roaring Fork Motor Nature Trail

★ 4.6 · Free (parking pass) · Smoky Mountains, Tennessee

5.5-mile one-way loop drive starting in Gatlinburg. Old-growth forest, historic buildings, and trailheads for Grotto Falls and Rainbow Falls. Less crowded than Cades Cove.

Try: Grotto Falls trail (walk behind the waterfall)

📍 Accessible from Historic Nature Trail, Gatlinburg 🕐 Mar-Nov, dawn to dusk 🔗 www.nps.gov/grsm

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