Spruce Flats Falls
Blount County, Tennessee
Your visit at a glance
- Waterfall height
- Not recorded
- Location
- Blount County, Tennessee
- Access status
- Partial guide: trail under repair with weekday and some full-week closures
- The walk
- 1.8 miles round trip (Tremont Institute)
- Ground & access
- Moderate, with some steep rocky sections. Sturdy footwear is recommended.
Spruce Flats Falls is a multi-tier waterfall above the Middle Prong of the Little River near the Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont. Park at the Tremont Institute Visitor Center. Walk up the gravel service road and turn left at the Tremont dorms onto the Lumber Ridge Trail. About 50 feet along, where the trail splits, follow the falls sign to the right to the waterfall. Return the same way. The trail is maintained by the Tremont Institute and is under repair: the institute closes it on weekdays and for some full weeks during the work, and weekend opening is not guaranteed. Call the Tremont Visitors Center before you go.
Plan your visit
Tremont Institute Visitor Center parking lot, gravel service road, Lumber Ridge Trail, then the signed falls trail to Spruce Flats Falls
The Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont gives 1.8 miles round trip. NC Waterfalls gives about 1.5 to 2 miles round trip.
Moderate, with some steep rocky sections. Sturdy footwear is recommended.
Where to start
Tremont Institute Visitor Center parking lot on Tremont Road, reached from Laurel Creek Road near the Townsend Wye. A park parking tag is required to park for more than 15 minutes; tags can be bought at the Tremont Visitor Center.
Timing & water
The trail is closed on weekdays and at times all week during repair work; check with the Tremont Visitors Center for openings.
Before you go
Great Smoky Mountains National Park requires a parking tag. No other fee is mentioned.
Visitor informationVisit sources
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