Indian Flats Falls
Sevier County, Tennessee
Your visit at a glance
- Waterfall height
- Not recorded
- Location
- Sevier County, Tennessee
- Access status
- National park trail route documented; short side path at the end
- The walk
- 7.5 miles round trip, per Smokies LIVE; NC Waterfalls gives about 8 miles round trip
- Ground & access
- Wide, graded trail for most of the way. The final side path is short but rocky; reaching the lower tiers takes a scramble that may be unsafe in high water.
Indian Flats Falls is a four-tier waterfall on Indian Flats Prong in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. From the parking area at the end of Tremont Road, cross the iron footbridge and follow the Middle Prong Trail, a wide old railroad grade, up Lynn Camp Prong. Continue straight at the Panther Creek Trail junction. About a mile past an old brick chimney, right after a wide bridge over Indian Flats Prong, the trail climbs and makes two sharp switchbacks. As you approach the second switchback, near a dark rocky bluff, a small side path leads right for a few hundred feet over rocks and through rhododendron to the falls. The uppermost 20-foot drop is on the left. Return the same way.
Plan your visit
End of Tremont Road, Middle Prong Trail past the Panther Creek Trail junction and the Indian Flats Prong bridge, then a short side path to the falls
Smokies LIVE gives 7.5 miles round trip for the hike that includes Indian Flats Falls. NC Waterfalls gives about 8 miles round trip. The side path from the trail is a few hundred feet.
Wide, graded trail for most of the way. The final side path is short but rocky; reaching the lower tiers takes a scramble that may be unsafe in high water.
Where to start
Parking area at the end of Tremont Road, which leaves Laurel Creek Road just south of the Townsend entrance. The road is 5.2 miles long; the first 2 miles are paved and the last 3.2 miles are gravel.
Timing & water
No season limits are stated. Rocks at the falls are slippery in high water.
Before you go
A park parking tag is required to park longer than 15 minutes: daily $5, weekly $15, annual $40.
Visitor informationVisit sources
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