Alum Cave Bluffs · 10 stops
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Alum Cave Bluffs
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
10 stops · ~9 min
Plus short extra stories between stops. You can switch them off in the player.
2.6 mifull route
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9 minof audio
Free to use for a limited period.
Full route about 1–1½ hours at an easy pace. Do as much or as little as you like.
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- Start anywhere in the park. Directions
- Press Start, then just walk. Each story plays when you reach it.
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Stops
1
Trailhead Orientation & Safety
2
Crossing the Streams / Old-Growth Forest & the Hemlocks
3
Arch Rock
4
Inspiration Point & Duckhawk (Peregrine) Peaks
5
Final Approach — Exposed Rock & Winter Ice
6
Alum Cave Bluffs — Arrival & the Geology
7
The Mining Story
Plays straight after the stop before it
8
Beyond the Bluffs — Mount LeConte
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9
Gracie's Pulpit
Optional — for hikers continuing past the Bluffs
10
Close — The Way Back Down
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How this tour works
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