Avent Cabin

    If you've hung around the Smoky Mountains much at all, you've probably noticed that there are lots of hidden gems tucked away in the park.  Maybe its a waterfall, or a "secret" patch of wild flowers… it seems like if you talk to the right people, there is always something cool just right out of view.  Avent Cabin is one such gem.

    Jakes Creek Trail heads out of Elkmont (which, speaking of gems…) and a few miles up, there is a little deer trail that heads down to the right, ultimately leading over a creek and up to this cabin.  I actually learned about this cabin while doing one of the Tremont Scavenger Hunts, else I don't know that I would have ever known it was there.  If you ever need a quiet place to find inspiration… this is the place!

–Dan Thompson