Best Hikes of the Appalachian Trail: South

Johnny Molloy is an outdoor writer who averages more than 100 nights in the wild per year backpacking and canoe camping throughout the U.S. He has written more than 30 outdoor guidebooks and articles for magazines and websites. Visit him on the Web at johnnymolloy.com. He lives in Johnson City TN.

• Overview Map Overview Map Key Dedication Acknowledgments Preface Hiking Recommendations Introduction Georgia 1 Springer Mountain Circuit 2 Long Creek Falls 3 Preaching Rock 4 Slaughter Creek Loop 5 Blood Mountain Loop 6 Rocky Mountain 7 Tray Mountain Wilderness Tennessee and North Carolina 8 Standing Indian Mountain 9 Silers Bald 10 Wesser Bald Tower 11 Shuckstack Loop 12 Spence Field–Russell Field Loop 13 Clingmans Dome Vistas 14 Charlies Bunion 15 Mount Cammerer 16 Max Patch 17 Lovers Leap 18 Big Firescald Loop 19 High Rocks Vista20 Highlands of Roan 21 Big Hump Mountain 22 Laurel Falls 23 Watauga Lake Hike 24 Views from Vandeventer 25 Cross Mountain Virginia 26 Damascus Loop 27 Mount Rogers via Elk Garden 28 Mount Rogers High County 29 Chestnut Knob 30 Angels Rest 31 Mountain Lake Wilderness 32 Kelly Knob 33 Dragons Tooth 34 McAfee Knob 35 Apple Orchard Falls Loop 36 Ottie Powell Memorial 37 The Priest 38 Humpback Rocks Loop 39 Blackrock Summit 40 Falls Loop from Browns Gap 41 Rapidan Camp Loop 42 Lewis Spring Falls Loop 43 Stony Man Loop 44 Marys Rock via The Pinnacle 45 Sugarloaf Loop APPENDIX A: Contact Information APPENDIX B: Appalachian Trail Communities INDEX ABOUT THE AUTHOR ABOUT THE APPALACHIAN TRAIL CONSERVANCY