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It's always fun to stop by Gypsum Pond. The warmest time of the year at Gypsum Pond comes with high temperatures in the 80's. Throughout the moonlight hours it's frequently in the 60's. For the duration of the winter this place gets highs in the 40's, and night lows in the 20's for Gypsum Pond. This location, the Great Smoky Mountains, has so much outdoors enjoyable stuff. Get your heart pumping on the great whitewater of Turtletown Creek; going for a hike on
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| | the Smith Mountain Trail is always a glorious adventure. Dry warm beds await you at Blue Ridge - Days Inn, and Gypsum Pond is not the only place nearby, City Services Diversion Lake is a nearby lake. Looking for something close to Gypsum Pond? City Services Rention Pond is nearby, and the Rock Creek Trail is a splendid hiking trail nearby. Gypsum Pond regularly gets much precipitation; the month with most of the rain is March, and October is when it's the | |
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driest. But wait, there's more to do near Gypsum Pond. If you're a golfer then a delightful nearby course is Copper Basin Golf Club; why not camp at Cuddle Up Cabin Rentals while you're here at Gypsum Pond. If you fancy the outdoors
you'll fancy it here in the Great Smoky Mountains. Lake Blue Ridge Campground is a nice local campground; close by you stumble on the Dry Pond Lead Trail which is a great hiking trail. The Great Smoky Mountains scenery is always beautiful.
This lake is so wonderful. Whitewater paddling is not for everyone but if it's for you then we recommend Ocoee River, and why not a little side trip to Fightingtown Creek. This lake is so wonderful. After a long day outdoors Comfort
Inn & Suites is a perfect site to spend a night or two, and if you're interested in hydro structures, you can check out Gypsum Dam.
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Coordinates: Latitude: 35.015 Longitude: -84.36333
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| | Whitewater Near Gypsum Pond:
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Ocoee River, Polk CountyCounty, 8 miles away Class III-IV - 5 miles long (Ocoee #3 to Ocoee #2 Dam) |
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Turtletown Creek, Polk CountyCounty, 8 miles away Class IV-V - 4.2 miles long (Highway 68 to Hiwassee River) |
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Wolf Creek, Polk CountyCounty, 8 miles away Class IV+ - 2.3 miles long (FR to Hiawassee River) |
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Rock Creek Trail
 | Once we left the starting point, we did not see any trail markings or info. about the trail. We hiked for almost two hours and the trail had no signs of circling back to the trail head so we turned around and returned via the same route. Should have info. signs telling hikers that you have traveled x number of miles and you have x number of miles to travel to reach the starting point. ... |
Weehunt Lake
 | my uncle owns where it use to be... |
Wolf Ridge Trail
 | 12 miles away I hiked via chestnut mnt to bigfrog summit, narrow view in summer. I would like to summit in winter for better views?... Myself and two buddies hiked up Wolf Ridge Trail on 1/18/06 in wintery, full moon conditions. We started the hike around 9:30PM and got to the broad summit of Big Frog shortly after midnight in 2 inches of snow and the wind had to be 25mph or so. Hunter ... |
Yeller Nugget Lake
 | 13 miles away 1 PHOTO A private lake in the Cherokee National forest, Yeller Nugget has bass, bream and shell crackers.... |
Ivy Trail
 | 13 miles away ivy trail turned out to be a waste of time, it's a road not a trail, don't bother... |
Oswald Dome Trail
 | 15 miles away Four miles uphill..followed by four miles back down. Fairly strenuous with great views along the way.... |
Panther Creek Trail
 | 17 miles away Make sure you follow trail long enough to get to the creek bottom..it's wonderful!...Hope to get up there in December...awesome views, challenging and dangerous at some points. Definitely will be back... |
Benton Falls Trail
 | 17 miles away Trail starts below the dam, nice walk or bike to top of falls then a little steep or rough to bottom, plus side trails along the way....Great short hike, potentially dangerous at top of falls - no fence or warning signs. Rocks are wet and slimy. Keep going past the top, especially if you have children with you....Trail starts below the dam, nice walk or bike to top of falls. Then a little steep or rough to bottom, plus side trails along the way.... |
Gee Creek Trail
 | 17 miles away Nice trail... |
Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area
 | 58 miles away Please repair the annual pass box at the trail head.... |
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