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SMHC Communications Director

Do you have a knack for communications? We have an opening on our board for a new communications director!

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Save the Date for our Annual Holiday/Installation Banquet!

Saturday, Dec. 12, 2026, at Fox Den Country Club

Join us for a fun evening as we install the SMHC Board of Directors for 2027, present awards, and enjoy an interesting guest speaker!

The Georgia Appalachian Trail Club Trail Skills Workshop Returns to Vogel State Park
October 9-11, 2026

Anyone interested in a fun event while learning and developing AT Trail maintenance skills should consider this event. Each autumn, the Georgia Appalachian Trail Club holds a Trail Skills Workshop, a weekend-long class to introduce maintenance skills to new maintainers and enhance the skills of experienced maintainers. The workshop is available for GATC members as well as the general public. For information and to register follow the GATC below. Or contact Larry Johnson, SMHC ATMC Vice-Chairmen.

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We Explore, Enjoy, and Protect the Great Smokies.

Our Club members are passionate about hiking! Our missions also include education about the outdoors and advocacy for crucial conservation issues. In addition, we proudly maintain 102 miles of Appalachian Trail in the Smokies and Nantahala National Forest. 

Join one of our weekly hikes in the beautiful, rugged Smokies and surrounding natural areas here in East Tennessee. Try your hand at some high-elevation trail maintenance on the Appalachian Trail. Participate in conservation efforts to preserve our natural heritage.

SMHC offers adventure and fun for all kinds of people - like you. Join us!

We welcome visitors on our hikes. Please click here to read our updated COVID guidelines. 

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You can make a tax-deductible donation to the Smoky Mountains Hiking Club through our donation form.

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Special thanks to Dick Ketelle, Ann Farrar and Randy Mitchell for sharing their photographs with us to be featured on the site. If you have some hiking or trail maintenance photos that you'd like to share, send them to tech-team@smhclub.org.

For information about the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, visit the NPS website or call the information line at (865) 436-1200.

Smoky Mountains Hiking Club

PO Box 51592

Knoxville, TN 37950-1592

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