Deep Creek Loop
Trail Features: Waterfalls / Wildflowers
Trail Location: Deep Creek
Roundtrip Miles: 6 miles approx
Total Elevation Gain: 579 feet
Avg. Elev Gain / Mile: 252 feet
Highest Elevation: 2437 feet
Trail Difficulty Rating: 5.76 (moderate)
Parking Lot Latitude: 35.4643
Parking Lot Longitude: -83.4342

Directions to Trailhead:

The Deep Creek Loop trailhead is located just north of Bryson City in North Carolina. To get there from Asheville take I-40 w to exit US74(Great Smoky Mtn. Expressway). Then take exit 67 make right at Vetern Blvdn and right at main st. Turn right onto Everett and drive for 0.2 miles. Turn right onto Depot Street. After a short distance, take a left onto Ramseur Street and then an immediate right onto Deep Creek Road. Drive 2.3 miles to the park entrance and then another 0.5 mile to the parking lot for the Deep Creek Loop trail.

Deep Creek is in the Smokys. No Pets are allowed. Sorry.

We will hike to these 3 falls
Juneywhank Falls — From the Deep Creek trailhead parking area, follow the well-marked trail 1/4 mile uphill to Juneywhank Falls. The roar of the falls can be heard even before you reach it. An eighty-foot cascade of water starts above you and runs under a log footbridge with handrails, and meets up with Deep Creek at the bottom of the trail.


Tom Branch Falls — Starting back at the main trailhead, walk just 1,000 feet along the wide, flat Deep Creek trail to Tom Branch Falls, a wispy waterfall that gently splashes over 80 feet into Deep Creek. A bench is provided beside the creek and is a great place to sit and watch the inner-tubers float by.


Indian Creek Falls — Continuing along the Deep Creek trail for approximately one mile, the trail winds up a slight grade to where Indian Creek spills into Deep Creek. Follow the Indian Creek Trail to the right 200 feet uphill to Indian Creek Falls, a high-spirited waterfall that noisily plunges 25 feet to the pool below. A small spur trail leads to the bottom of the falls.

Gas Gratuity: $6