Elkmont is one of the areas in the Smoky Mountains known for wildflowers. The Little River Trail is an easy walk that follows the river and Goshen Prong veers off from it at the 7 mile mark, but follows the river. Huskey Branch Falls is a nice resting point at about 2.5 miles. When there's a lot of water the falls is much better looking. Any way around it, it's not a typical waterfall that people would hike to. If you keep going Cucumber Gap trail will veer to the right and later Goshen Prong will follow the river to the right. Goshen Prong is not heavily used. Most people hiking it are headed to one of the over night sites it is connected to. There is quite a bit of picturesque river and meadow scenery on along the trail. One of the more interesting features at Elkmont is Daisy City, the abandoned semi ruins of a vacation town that used to be in the Smokies. Many of the cabins have been torn down. There used to be a large amount more in the area but the park service has started demolishing some of the most derelict ones and slowly fixing up some of the ones that weren't in too bad of shape. The cabins are a hodge podge of styles and you can walk through them as semi ruins at the moment. The park is clearly intending to fix some of them as historical sites and many of the people who stop at Elkmont stroll through the old buildings.
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June 2022
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