Roaring Fork (Great Smoky Mountains)

Roaring Fork Historic District
Roaring Fork, with Grotto Falls in the distance
Roaring Fork (Great Smoky Mountains) is located in Tennessee
Roaring Fork (Great Smoky Mountains)
Roaring Fork (Great Smoky Mountains) is located in the United States
Roaring Fork (Great Smoky Mountains)
LocationGSMNP
Nearest cityGatlinburg, Tennessee
Coordinates35°41′54″N 83°28′4″W / 35.69833°N 83.46778°W / 35.69833; -83.46778
Built1880
NRHP reference No.76000170[1]
Added to NRHPMarch 16, 1976

Roaring Fork is a stream in the Great Smoky Mountains of Tennessee, located in the southeastern United States. Once the site of a small Appalachian community, today the stream's area is home to the Roaring Fork Motor Nature Trail and the Roaring Fork Historic District.

Like many mountain streams, Roaring Fork is volatile. While the stream presents as a peaceful trickle on any given day, it quickly becomes a raging whitewater rapid after a mild rain shower. The "roar" of the water is amplified by its echo on surrounding mountain ridges.

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.