3 hr 55 min
By car from the Public Square, 242 mi
Field Guide 04 · Tennessee State Parks
Panther Creek State Park
On Cherokee Lake six miles west of Morristown: a 1,444-acre park with 19 trails for hikers, riders and mountain bikers, an 18-hole disc golf course and a campground.
Hamblen CountyMorristownOpenChecked October 20, 2026
1,444
Acres
485,680
Visitors in fiscal 2022
19
Trails listed, 28.1 miles
Camp
Overnight: camping
9
Activities the state lists
What's there
Things to do
- Birding
- Boating
- Camping
- Disc Golf
- Fishing
- Hiking
- Horseback Riding
- Mountain Biking
- Paddling
On site
- All-Terrain Wheelchair
- Aviary
- Bike Trails
- Birding
- Boat Access
- Boat Ramp
- Campground
- Canoe Access
- Colorblind Viewfinder
- Disc Golf Course
- Fishing
- Gift Shop
- Horseback Riding
- Laundromat
- Playground
- Swimming
- Trails
- Visitor Center
- Wheelchair-Friendly Overlooks
The trails
| Trail | Miles | Difficulty | Surface | Now |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Campground Connector Trail | 0.2 | — | Natural | Open |
| Deer Run Trail | 0.8 | Difficult | Natural | Open |
| Horse Connector Trail | 2.6 | Difficult | Natural | Open |
| Hunt Knob Trail | 3.8 | Difficult | Natural | Open |
| Inner Old Farm Trail | 1.5 | Easy | Natural | Open |
| Lost Road Trail | 1.9 | Difficult | Natural | Open |
| Maple Arch Trail | 3.2 | Difficult | Natural | Open |
| Norris Blackburn Trail | 0.45 | Difficult | Natural | Open |
| Old Wagon Trail | 1 | Easy | Paved | Open |
| Ore Mine Trail | 1.3 | Difficult | Natural | Open |
| Outer Old Farm Trail | 1 | Easy | Natural | Open |
| Panther Path Trail | 0.9 | Easy | Natural | Open |
| Piney Cove Trail | 0.6 | Difficult | Natural | Open |
| Pioneer Trail | 2.4 | Difficult | Natural | Open |
| Point Lookout Trail | 1.9 | Difficult | Natural | Open |
| Ridge Crest Trail | 0.7 | Difficult | Natural | Open |
| Road to Recycling Trail | 1.2 | Easy | Natural | Open |
| Seven Sinkholes Trail | 0.6 | Easy | Natural | Open |
| Trout Lily Trail | 2 | Difficult | Natural | Open |
As the park's hiking page lists them on October 20, 2026. Lengths are one way unless the trail is a loop, and some trails share ground, so the total is the sum of the list, not the miles on the ground.
Where to camp
- Panther Creek CampgroundTent & RV
- Group CampgroundGroup Camp
Getting there
2010 Panther Creek Park Road, Morristown, TN 37814
Park office: 1-423-587-7046
The park's page at Tennessee State Parks
Campsites, cabins and lodge rooms are booked online through the park's page or by phone at 1-888-867-2757, the state's reservation line.
Nearby
- Seven Islands State Birding Park24 miles away as the crow flies · 3 hr 25 min from Franklin
- Big Ridge State Park29 miles away as the crow flies · 3 hr 30 min from Franklin
- Clinch River Valley State Park32 miles away as the crow flies · 4 hr 40 min from Franklin
- Norris Dam State Park39 miles away as the crow flies · 3 hr 20 min from Franklin
How we know
Every fact on this page but the summary at the top is the state's, read on the date above, except the drive: that is Valhalla's route on OpenStreetMap's roads from Franklin's Public Square to the park office, with no traffic, rounded to five minutes. Visits are the park plan's count for the year named, mostly from traffic counters. How the guide was made.
- The park. Tennessee State Parks: the Find a Park list, the park's own page, its hiking page and its camping page, read October 20, 2026.
- Acres. The park's strategic management plan.
- Visitors. The park's strategic management plan, its site fact sheet for fiscal 2022 (July 2021 to June 2022).