Hiking in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Spring Wildflower Hikes in the Smokies Gregory Bald Roundtop Schoolhouse Gap Chestnut Top Defeat Ridge Porters Creek White Oak Sinks Recent Hikes Spence Field Little Bottoms Lakeshore 77 to 90 Chestnut Top Return to Hiking in the Smokies

WILDFLOWERS My passion, along with hiking, is photographing wildflowers, and I have documented many of those that I see every spring. You can read about the hikes I take in the spring, and see my photographs at http://www.myopera.com/smokieshiker/blog. I’ve included links for the flowers I saw on several hikes to the left, on the sidebar, as well as below. Flame azaleas can be seen at Gregory Bald in mid- to late June. You can see some photos of the many, many blooming azaleas on the bald by clicking on Gregory Bald, at the left, and linking to my blog. Other spring wildflowers that I saw in the Smokies, or in my personal wildflower garden can also be seen on my blog. To the right is a closeup of bloodroot, Sanquinaria canadensis. My favorites are the trilliums, and I have a variety of species in my wildflower garden. These can be seen at this link, as well as many other wildflowers, including shooting stars, celandine poppies, wild ginger and little brown jug. Trillium rugelii