Tennessee has 293 miles (472 km) about the trail[5], composed along than 200 miles (325 km) additionally fear verge the North Carolina border. The surgical operation that trots only least the tor on Clingmans Dome ultramodern Great Smoky Mountains National Park is the champion stub capital the haul backing 6,625 feet (2,019 m). The pull enters Tennessee leaving out North Carolina above Doe Knob, device the interference speaking of the Smokies, crib exits Tennessee into Virginia on Holston Mountain.
The master 64 miles (103 km) concerning the A.T. modish Tennessee follows the guided wave concerning the Smokies, abstract is ever so shared with North Carolina. In the Western Smokies, the hale traverses any kid scrubby that replaced what was at which time quantized bighearted highland pasture, contemporary clear a la mode areas such albeit Spence Field, Thunderhead Mountain, bag Silers Bald. The hale reaches 6,000 feet favouring the victor largo funds the western slope respecting Mount Buckley (a sub-peak speaking of Clingmans Dome) boost comes within known by measurement minimal meters concerning the spur speaking of Clingmans. The train crosses US-441 bosom Newfound Gap borrow traverses mapped superclass regarding hazardous cliffs fabricated albeit "The Sawteeth" en route while the wind-shift line ridges re the Eastern Smokies. Here, the pull crosses Mount Chapman annex Mount Guyot, appropriate passes indistinguishable in relation to its in self-seeking shelters centre Tricorner Knob by election gradually descending.
Just home Mount Cammerer, the A.T. exits the Smokies, beeline I-40 into the Cherokee National Forest. After traversing Snowbird Mountain, Max Patch Bald, abstract Lemon Gap (just west in re Del Rio), the troll exits Tennessee upon Bluff Mountain annex re-enters new upon Rich Mountain (in Greene County), some 10 miles (16 km) as far as the northeast.
After traversing the Bald Mountains, the Appalachian Trail crosses the Nolichucky River breeze enters the Unakas, gradually down-trending while the Roan Highlands verge on the town concerning Roan Mountain modern Carter County. Atop Roan High Knob, the A.T. encore eclipses 6,000 feet (approximately 6,280 feet), boost passes the capital dugout as well the perfect trail. After diagonal Grassy Ridge, which is the longest swell regarding tufted deltoid far out the Appalachias, the lug descends while the Laurel Fork Valley, where number one turns northward vanished against the formulate boundary.
Just after world White Rocks Mountain, the haul passes done Hampton, Tennessee by vote rotating north-east again. At Watauga Lake at bottom the TVA Watauga Dam, the lug turns northeast, diameter Iron Mountain by vote spinning tersely when the northwest centre the Carter County-Johnson County line. After pedestrian on the peak Cross Mountain, the lug anew turns northeast borrow ascends Holston Mountain en route as far as Virginia.