| The Smokey Mountains are a motorcycle Mecca for a reason. |
Using a combination of motorcycleroads.com and Furkot.com I’ve been planning day trips from Pigeon Forge, which seems a sensible place to explore the Smokey Mountains from. The process can serve as escapism on a foggy, freezing drizzle Boxing Day, or it could be pre-planning for an inevitable trip.
I’ve variously daydreamed about driving the Tiger down in a van over the Christmas break to New Orleans and Key West, as well as riding down to The Tail of the Dragon next August for a complete solar eclipse. There are a lot of good reasons to figure out possible rides for when I’m eventually in the area.
Pigeon Forge is located just south east of Knoxville and offers a great launching point into the Smokey Mountains. The area around there is covered in desirable roads:
The only trick with a winter trip is changeable weather. It looks like next week in Pigeon Forge would have been a bit challenging:
It’s a roll of the dice going south in the winter but the summer’s a sure thing. Maybe I’ll find myself in the Smokey Mountains next summer when the moon hides the sun.
230KM Pigeon Forge low land loop
Pigeon Forge 300km South Smokey Mtn loop
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