Abrams Falls Trail, Hatcher Mountain Trail, Cooper Road Trail and Wet Bottoms Trail

Abrams Falls Trail, Hatcher Mountain Trail, Cooper Road Trail and Wet Bottoms Trail
October 17, 2015
13.3 Miles Total
6.5 New Miles
546.39 Total Smoky Miles to Date (Since November 2013)
235.60 Total Miles in 2015


Abrams Falls is always one of my favorite trails, especially once you pass the falls.  It is very peaceful and runs along the river.  Most people just go the falls and then turn around and go back to their cars.  It is a fairly flat easy trail past the falls and I recommend continuing on.  This is one of those trails I don't mind repeating.  The leaves were just beginning to change colors.  And it was a beautiful day to be in the mountains.

Hatcher Mountain and Cooper Road Trail will give you a good workout, in the brown book it doesn't look like much of a climb but it sure wore my legs out.  There really wasn't much to see on these two trails other than the trees you were walking among. (Well the ones that were left, that hadn't fallen)  I would definitely recommend gaiters though because these trails are over grown with thorns and sticky things.  There are several creek crossings but none of them are difficult.

Wet Bottoms, well I can't really tell you anything about Wet Bottoms other than we missed our turn and we aren't even sure what trail we took but it wasn't Wet Bottoms so we will have to do that one another day.

Smoky loves waterfalls :)

See rock wall, must climb :)

"There are no shortcuts to any place worth going."  - Beverly Sills