Tennessee Paddling Travel Guide

Tennessee Paddling Travel Guide

• Tennessee Overview
• Tennessee Hotels
• Tennessee Attractions
• Tennessee Feature Articles
• Tennessee Airports
• Tennessee Flights

Other Guides for Tennessee

• Tennessee Travel
• Active and Adventure Guide
  • Biking
  • Hiking and Backpacking
  • Paddling
• Family Guide
• Parks and Outdoors Guide
  • Camping
  • Horses and Riding
  • Road and Rail Journeys

Top Paddling Destinations In Tennessee

• Cherokee National Forest, TN
  (130 mi.)

Travel Guides In Tennessee

• Great Smoky Mountains National Park, TN (148 mi.)
  • Parks and Outdoors Guide
  • Active and Adventure Guide
  • Family Guide
• Memphis, TN (0.5 mi.)
  • Family Guide
• Nashville, TN (6.1 mi.)
  • Family Guide
• Chattanooga, TN (144 mi.)
• Alcoa, TN (82 mi.)
• Brentwood, TN (8.9 mi.)
• Clarksville, TN (41 mi.)
• Cookeville, TN (71 mi.)
• Crossville, TN (142 mi.)
• Dickson, TN (35 mi.)

Southeast Paddling States/Provinces

• Arkansas
• Florida
• Georgia
• Louisiana
• North Carolina
• Tennessee
• Virginia

Active and Adventure Travel Destinations

• Mid-Atlantic
  • Maryland
  • New Jersey
  • Pennsylvania
  • West Virginia
• Midwest
  • Indiana
  • Michigan
  • Minnesota
  • South Dakota
  • Wisconsin
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  • Montana
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  • Vermont
• Pacific Coast
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• Southeast
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  • Tennessee
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  • Arizona
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  • Texas

On This Page:

• Top Destinations
• Photos
• Feature Articles
• Practical Advice
• Gear
• Fitness
• Attractions
• Hotels

Top Paddling Destinations	Related Travel Guides	Find Hotels
Cherokee National Forest		Hotels

Photos

Feature Articles

• GORP - Ocoee River
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• GORP - Paddling - Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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• GORP - Big South Fork NRRA, Tennessee - Paddling
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• Big South Fork National Recreation Area
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• GORP - Top Picks - Big South Fork NRRA, Tennessee
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Practical Advice

• Adventure Travel 101
  GORPTravel’s Kate Tucker and Linda Long answer our burning questions about the tao of adventure travel
• Sea Kayak Touring: A Packing List
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• Canoe Trips: A Packing List
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• Canoe Trips: A Packing List
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• Sea Kayak Touring: A Packing List
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Gear

• Complete Gear Archives: Paddling
  From in-depth gear review articles and Gear Guy Q&A highlights to the latest—and past—entries in Outside magazine’s award-giving Summer and Winter Buyer’s Guides, a detailed overview of all things paddling.
• KayakPro Nemo Sea Kayak
  outside
  H2Aaahh
• Necky Manitou 13
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• Float and Gloat
  outside
  Not every playboat is for whitewater. Maximize your summer fun on lakes, rivers, and oceans with these versatile sit-on-top kayaks.
• Sea Me
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  British adventure filmmaker JUSTINE CURGENVEN, 33, elevates sea kayaking to the highest level of action sports: cool videos!

Fitness

• Power Stroke
  outside
  Get fit for summer's hottest sport—in less time than you'd think
• City Without Limits
  outside
  Seattle
• The Shape of Your Life
  outside
  Beyond the Weight Room

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Attractions

Clingmans Dome

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c/o Great Smoky Mountains National Park,107 Park Headquarters Road
Gatlinburg, Tennessee 37738

Description:

At 6,643 feet, Clingmans Dome is the highest point in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.... Read More

Expert Rated & Recommended

Nolichucky River Gorge

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Cherokee National Forest (TN) and Pisgah National Forest (NC)


Description: The Nolichucky River Gorge stretches for 110 miles and offers Class I-IV whitewater. ... Read More

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Ocoee River Gorge

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Cherokee National Forest


Description: Ocoee River Gorge is a popular whitewater rafting destination. More than 200,000 water enthusiasts visit the four-and-a-half-mile Ocoee whitewater rafting area each year.... Read More

Expert Rated & Recommended

Hotels

The Hermitage Hotel

231 Sixth Avenue North
Nashville, TN 37219 Map

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Fontana Village Resort

Highway 28
Fontana Dam, NC 28733 Map

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Dancing Bear Lodge

137 Apple Valley Way
Townsend, TN 37822 Map

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