GSMmotoRent has many easy to follow routes with turn by turn directions that help you find the type of riding your looking for. Here are two that are out and back in one day, The Park Loop Tour and The Cherohala Loop Tour. These both take in some really fun roads in and around the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Each loop is about 180 miles long with 25-30% of that on gravel roads. The gravel portions are maintained forest and park service roads and are ideal for the rider with limited experience on loose surfaces.  Tours are not available Nov.17th thru March 6th due to road closures in the park.

PARK LOOP TOUR

This route takes you into Great Smoky Mountains National Park and out through Gatlinburg. From there you'll head up HWY 321 through Cosby and around the north end of the park. Most of the road just past Cosby is the actual park boundary. This will take you to a little known road that is every bit as challenging as the Dragon but with very little traffic. You'll cross over into North Carolina as you go over the northern-most section of the park. Sections of this road are graveled to attest how little traveled it is. Once you come back down to civilization you'll go through Maggie Valley and stop for lunch. From there you head back up to the Blue Ridge Pkwy for a few miles before you turn off and do some excellent gravel roads in the park and the Cherokee Indian Reservation. From there it's back to the BRP to the end at Hwy 441. Then it's a peaceful and relaxing ride over Newfoundland's Gap and back through the park to our base in Townsend.

CHEROHALA LOOP TOUR

This route has a little more gravel than the Park Loop Tour. You'll start by entering Smoky Mountains National Park and head to Cades Cove; about halfway through the loop at Cades Cove you turn off on to Parson's Branch Rd. This an old gravel trail that is in excellent condition and a joy to ride complete with water crossings. This ends at Hwy 129, also known as the Dragon. From there you'll head down 129 and take a cutoff which takes you around Santeetlah Lake on into Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest, home to some of the oldest trees in the Appalachians. Back on gravel you'll head back up the mountain and intersect the Cherohala Skyway close to the Tennessee, North Carolina border. Then, you'll ride back down the Cherohala to Tellico Plains, Tennessee and stop for lunch. From here you'll ride up a scenic road to the Green Cove area to more gravel, to the top of the Cherohala again where you have a choice of returning on the road or doing the gravel back to Hwy 129. Once on 129 its pavement all the way home, but this includes the Dragon and the Foothills Pkwy back to our base in Townsend.

3 DAY SELF GUIDED DUAL SPORT TOUR 

GSMmotoRent now offers a complete 3 day dual sport package, including bike rental, 2 nights lodging, and route sheets with turn by turn directions.

This well laid out route takes you through the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, as well as the Cherokee, Pisgah, and Nantahala National Forests covering over 450 miles with 40%, or 180 miles of it on non paved roads.

Get dirty and experience the mountains like never before.

$449 per rider, includes all taxes and liability insurance, based on double occupancy.

Route sheet pkg. only $79

 

Along with the above loops we also have more specific routes that can be combined with the above for multi day tours that take you to some nice gravel roads like Tatum Gap, Winding Stairs and many, many more through out the Pisgah and Cherokee National Forests.

 

We keep in stock National Geographic Trails Illustrated Maps for all of the TN and NC areas.  These are great for dual sport riding as they tend to be accurate as far as closures go and really show a lot of detail.