As many times as I have been to the smokies I have never run into a lot of folks on the trails. Most tourist only go 1/2 mile down the trail to a waterfall or an overlook.
I camped on Mt Sterling one 4th of July weekend and we had the whole campsite to ourselves. We saw maybe 3 people that whole weekend. Now if you stayed at one of the major campgrounds (cades cove, smokemont, etc) it would be packed.
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