A great place to view beautiful Smoky Mountain sunrises and sunsets, 6,593-foot-tall Mt. LeConte is the third-tallest mountain in the Smokies behind Mount Guyot (6,621 feet) and Clingmans Dome (6,643 feet). The remote and rustic LeConte Lodge, which was built in 1926, requires a 5.5-mile hike and has no electricity, telephones or running water. Cabins are equipped with kerosene lamps, sheets, heaters and wool blankets. Breakfast and dinner are served "family-style" in the lodge's dining room. LeConte Lodge is open from late March through November. Reservations are usually made up to a year in advance.
Five hiking trails lead to Mount LeConte: Boulevard Trail (16 miles round trip), Alum Cave Trail (11 miles round trip), Rainbow Falls Trail (13.4 mile round trip), Trillium Gap Trail (13.4 miles round trip) and Bull Head Trail (14.4 miles round trip).
