Walk high among the Cumberland Plateau as beloved naturalist John Muir did in 1867 as he explored the wilderness from coast to coast of this great country.
This 50-mile trail begins just north of the Tennessee line in McCreary County along the John Muir Overlook Trail and takes hikers above No Business Gorge deep into the river valley of the Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area. When completed, the John Muir Trail will extend from the northern side of Pickett State Park on the Cumberland Plateau to the Appalachian Trail in the southern part of the Cherokee National Forest.
Trail is denoted by markers depicting a blue silhouette of John Muir.