Midnight Hole (Big Creek)
One of the most famous swimming holes in the Smokies — an emerald pool between boulders fed by a small
East Tennessee / Smokies
Townsend Wye (“The Y”)
A fork in the Little River popular for tubing and swimming, with small rapids, a jump-off rock, and large pools.
Metcalf Bottoms (Little River)
Family-friendly picnic area with several shallow swimming holes ideal for wading, floating, and tubing.
The Sinks (Little River)
Popular, powerful swimming hole created inadvertently by early-1900s logging operations; deep pool below a cascade.
Abrams Falls swimming hole
One of the most impressive swimming holes in the Smokies; a wide (~100 ft) pool beneath Abrams Falls in Cades
Greenbrier (Little Pigeon River)
Deep sections of the Little Pigeon River near the Greenbrier entrance, good for both swimming and sunbathing.