Ripshin Lake, Great Smoky Mountains, Carter County, Tennessee     User input for Ripshin Lake, Great Smoky Mountains, Carter County, Tennessee: Be the first to submit input for Ripshin Lake. Help improve this web site with your great input. Submit Input: Your Name: Write or Paste Input here: Upload picture:      Review Guidelines        Ripshin Lake is a nice lake to visit. Ripshin Lake is located in the Great Smoky Mountains. Why not take a refreshing hike along the Laurel Fork Trail and why not climb nearby Pine Mountain. Life's too short to enjoy all the fun stuff in the Great Smoky Mountains. If you come at the right time of year Doe River offers some great whitewater and why not check out Miller Lake Dam while you're here. This lake is so wonderful. Loggers Flat is a beautiful       place any time of year and you'll never forgive yourself if you don’t go skiing at Sugar Mountain while you're here. You're sure to bump into some nice people from Johnson City here and you can stay the night at Dennis Cove Campground. Don’t stop me now, cause I'm havin' a good time here at Ripshin Lake. Ripshin Lake is right by the Laurel Fork Trail and a good nearby hotel is Americourt Hotel Elizabethton. So much fun in the Great Smoky Mountains, just incredible.                  Take a hike on the Pond Mountain Trail. You'll need more than a day to explore everything Ripshin Lake has to offer, you can camp at Laurel Creek Lodge. This lake is so wonderful. Take a little trip to Little Roaring Creek while you're here and since you're reading this you're probably into lakes, Hall Lake is one of those nearby. If you need a place to stay Americourt Hotel-Mountain City is a great choice and if you want a little side trip, try Hogum Hollow. Now, you may think that's plenty but there's even more stuff to do here at Ripshin Lake. Ripshin Lake is a place of average precipitation, July is the wettest month with most rain, October meanwhile is the driest month. In the summer months at Ripshin Lake highs are usually in the 80's. Once the sun is down it cools down to the 60's. The cold days of winter come with highs in the 40's, winter nights come with lows in the 20's to Ripshin Lake.   Americourt Hotel-Mountain City, Mountain City 6 miles away The Americourt Hotel/ located 20 minutes from Boone/ NC is nestled in the Appalachian Mountains providing amenities such as a hot breakfast each morning/ high speed wireless internet/ interior corrido... Americourt Hotel Elizabethton, Elizabethton 15 miles away The Americourt Hotel is located in Elizabethton, TN and is 10-15 miles from Johnson City, Bristol and Roan Mountain. The Hotel is 45 minutes from Kingsport, TN and Boone, NC. The Hotel nestled in the ... Current weather conditions at Ripshin Lake, Great Smoky Mountains, Carter County, Tennessee Local climate location: BRISTOL WSO AP 9 miles away   Coordinates: Latitude: 36.17917 Longitude: -82.13028 Great Smoky Mountains Lakes Complete list of all the lakes in the Great Smoky Mountains. Great Smoky Mountains Outdoors Info Complete outdoors info for the Great Smoky Mountains. Tennessee Lakes Complete list of all lakes in Tennessee Carter County Lakes Complete list of all lakes in Carter County Books about Ripshin Lake List of books available on Amazon.com about Ripshin Lake, Great Smoky Mountains, Carter County, Tennessee. Outdoors Recreation Near Johnson City, Tennessee Very comprehensive list of a variety of outdoors recreation in the vicinity of Johnson City, Tennessee, the metro area neareast to Ripshin Lake. Find info on campgrounds, hiking trails, ski resorts, lakes, beaches, parks, whitewater and more. 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These outdoors activities are available near Ripshin Lake.   Hotels Near Ripshin Lake: Americourt Hotel-Mountain City, Mountain City, 6 miles away Americourt Hotel Elizabethton, Elizabethton, 15 miles away Comfort Inn Johnson City, Johnson City, 16 miles away Carnegie Hotel, Johnson City, 18 miles away Beech Mountain Inns, Banner Elk, 18 miles away   Camp Grounds Near Ripshin Lake: Dennis Cove Campground, Carter County, 5 miles away Laurel Creek Lodge, Hampton, 5 miles away Cardens Bluff Campground, Carter County, 7 miles away Limestone Cove Campground, Unicoi County, 11 miles away   Ski Areas Near Ripshin Lake: Sugar Mountain, North Carolina, 20 miles away       1200 vertical feet Hawksnest, North Carolina, 21 miles away       619 vertical feet Appalachian Mountain, North Carolina, 23 miles away       365 vertical feet   Whitewater Near Ripshin Lake: Doe River, Carter CountyCounty, 2 miles away       Class II-III - 4.6 miles long (Crabtree to Blevins Bridge on Bear Gauge Road) Doe River, Carter CountyCounty, 4 miles away       Class III-IV - 5.7 miles long (Blevins Bridge on Bear Cage Road to Highway 19E bridge) Doe River - Laurel Fork, -blank- CountyCounty, 5 miles away       Class IV-V(V+) - 5 miles long (Dennis Cove to Hampton)   National Parks Near Ripshin Lake: Blue Ridge Parkway, Asheville - NC, 44 miles away   Trails Near Ripshin Lake: Laurel Fork Trail, Carter County, 5 miles away Laurel Fork Trail, Carter County, 5 miles away Pond Mountain Trail, Carter County, 7 miles away   Lakes Near Ripshin Lake: Hall Lake, Carter CountyCounty, 2 miles away