Saturday, January 24, 2015

Wilderness Wildlife Week Guided Hikes and Tours for 2015 in the Pigeon Forge TN Smoky Mountains

All the guided hikes and tour for the 25th annual Wilderness Wildlife Week are free and required being signed up the day ahead of time at the LeConte Center as space is limited and in some cases assigned by lottery.

All hikes and programs at Wilderness Wildlife Week are subject to cancellation without notice most of the time due to bad weather.

Sunday, January 25th, 2015

  • 8am-1pm Avent Cabin via Jakes Creek: 3 miles Easy/Moderate
  • 8am-2:30pm Rock House: 6.5 miles Easy/Moderate
  • 8:30am-4pm Albright Grove: 7.5 miles Moderate
  • 8:30am-4pm Little River Trail: 8.5 miles Easy/Moderate
  • 10:30am-4pm Hat Rock via Injun Creek: 4 miles Easy/Moderate
  • 10:30am-4:30pm Off-Trail: Walker Sisters: 5 miles Moderate
  • 6pm-9pm Owl Prowl: 1.5 miles Easy

Monday, January 26th, 2015

  • 7:30am-4:30pm Rhododendron/Injun Creek: 7 miles Moderate/Strenuous
  • 8am-Noon Heritage Tour of GSM Heritage Center by Bus: Easy
  • 8am-2pm Cades Cove Heritage Tour by Bus: Easy
  • 8am-3pm Ramsey Cascade: 8 miles Moderate/Strenuous
  • 8am-3:30pm Laurel Falls/Walker Sisters 7.5 miles Moderate/Strenuous
  • 8am-3:30pm Little River 6 miles Easy/Moderate
  • 8:30am-4:30pm Meigs Mountain/Lumber Ridge: 10.6 miles Moderate/Strenuous
  • 9am-11am LeConte Center Bird Walk: 2 miles Easy
  • 10am-3pm Finley Cane to West Prong: 6 miles Moderate
  • 10am-3pm Seven Islands Trail: 3 miles Easy
  • 10:30am-2:30pm US411: Dolly, Bush’s and More Bus Tour Easy

Tuesday, January 27th, 2015

  • 7:15am-12:15pm Photo Safari of the Smokies by Bus Easy
  • 7:30am-2pm Lumber Ridge/Spruce Flats Falls: 8 miles Moderate/Strenuous
  • 7:30am-4pm Homesites of Cades Cove: 6.5 miles Moderate/Strenuous
  • 8am-2pm Elkmont Historic District: 3.5 miles Easy
  • 8am-2pm Sugarland Branch: 4.5 miles Easy/Moderate
  • 8am-3pm Porters Creek: 7.5 miles Moderate
  • 9am-10:30am Birding the Pigeon Forge Greenway: 2 miles Easy
  • 9:30am-4:30pm Dolly’s Sevier County History Tour by Bus: Easy
  • 10am-Noon American Eagle Foundation Tour by Bus: Easy
  • 10am-4:30pm Mystery Hike 5 miles Moderate/Strenuous
  • 12:30pm-4:30pm Bush’s Beans and More by Bus: Easy
  • 12:30pm-4:30pm Heritage Tour of GSM Heritage Center by Bus: Easy
  • 12:30pm-4:30pm Townsend Railroad Museum by Bus: Easy
  • 6pm-9PM Owl Prowl: 1.5 miles Easy

Wednesday, January 28th 2015

  • 7:30am-5pm Mt. Collins, Sugarlands Mtn, Chimney Tops: 13.5 miles Strenuous
  • 8am-1:30pm Baskins Creek Falls: 6 miles Moderate
  • 8am-2pm Cades Cove Heritage Tour by Bus: Easy
  • 8:45am-3:30pm Lumbering on Cucumber: 7 miles Moderate/Strenuous
  • 8:45am-3:30pm Metcalf Bottoms/Little Greenbrier/Laurel Falls: 9 miles Moderate/Strenuous
  • 9am-10:30am Birding the Pigeon Forge Greenway: 2 miles Easy
  • 9am-2pm Cades Cove Photo Tour by Bus: Easy
  • 10am-2pm Dolly, Bush Beans and Backroads Tour by Bus: Easy
  • 1:30pm-5pm Trillium Gap to Grotto Falls: 3 miles Easy/Moderate
  • 2pm-4pm Tour of Sevier Solid Waste: 2 miles Easy

Thursday, January 29th 2015

  • 8am-3pm Moore Cemetery: 4.5 miles Moderate
  • 8am-3pm Middle Prong/Indian Flats Falls: 7 miles Moderate/Strenuous
  • 8am-3:30pm AT/Road Prong: 7.2 miles Moderate
  • 8am-4pm Chestnut Top/Schoolhouse Gap: 6.5 miles Moderate
  • 10am-Noon American Eagle Foundation Tour by Bus: Easy
  • 10am-2pm Dolly, Bush Beans and Backroads Tour by Bus: Easy
  • 10am-2pm Heritage Tour of GSM Heritage Center by Bus: Easy
  • 10am-2pm Townsend Railroad Museum by Bus: Easy
  • 10am-5pm Cucumber Trail: 6 miles Moderate
  • 6pm-9pm Owl Prowl: 1.5 miles Easy

Friday, January 30th 2015

  • 8am-3pm Barnes Sisters: 5 miles Moderate/Strenuous
  • 8am-3pm Old Sugarlands to Twin Creek: 7.5 miles Moderate
  • 9am-10:30am Birding the Pigeon Forge Greenway: 2 miles Easy
  • 9am-4:30pm Little River through Huskey Gap to US441: 6.8 miles Moderate/Strenuous
  • 10am-3pm Bush’s Baked Beans and Historic Dandridge Tour by Bus: Easy
  • 11am-12:15pm Learn Map and Compass Patriot Park Field Test by Bus: Easy
  • 6pm-9pm Owl Prowl: 1.5 miles Easy

Saturday, January 31st 2015

  • 8am-1pm Elkmont Historic District: 4 miles Easy/Moderate
  • 8am-4:30pm Birding Trip to Cades Cove by Bus: Easy
  • 8am-4:30pm Curry Mountain: Off-Trail: 8.8 miles Moderate/Strenuous
  • 8:30am-12:30pm Jr. Docent Family Fun Day: GSM Heritage Center by Bus: Easy
  • 9:30am-2:30pm Bus Tour of Cosby: Easy
  • 10am-2pm Dolly, Bush Beans and Backroads Tour by Bus: Easy
  • 10am-2:30pm Baskins Creek Falls: 3 miles Easy/Moderate

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