We will be hiking only a portion of the Old Settlers Trail out of Greenbrier.  As the name implies, this was a heavily settled area in the Smokies, and along the trail are solitary chimneys, rock walls, and other evidence of early mountain community life.  Campsite 33 is about 6.5 miles from the start, and this will be our turnaround point.  

We will encounter a few water crossings (trickiness will depend on recent rains), and a couple of challenging climbs are involved.

Hike is 13 miles. Rated Difficult for distance and a few big climbs.

To carpool meet at Cracker Barrel Strawberry Plains at 7:30am - 1510 Cracker Barrel Lane, Exit 398 off of I-40. (From Knoxville, turn right off of I-40, go to the first traffic light and turn right. Park on the right side of the lot.)

75 miles r/t. $5.25. OK to round down. Or at the Old Settlers TH in Greenbrier at 8:45am.

Leader: Michael Zielinski 865-363-6527 or kf4yws@charter.net