• The summit of Hooper Bald can be reached via the 0.5 mile Hooper Bald Trail. The parking area and trailhead is located between mile marker 7 and 8 along...
  • Dr. Enos Hooper was also the first cattle herder in the area. He grazed his cattle on the lush grass on the bald and people started calling it the Hooper Bald.
  • Hooper Bald is located south across the Cherohala Skyway from Huckleberry Knob and is also reached by a short, easy hike.
  • Explore around Hooper Bald, an easy to access grassy bald along the Cherohala Skyway in the Nantahala National Forest.
  • Hooper Bald is one of the more beautiful sites to see native azaleas. It is in Cheoah, NC as shown on the map.
  • I took the family up to the Smoky Mountains for a ride this weekend and we stopped to hike Hooper Bald off the Cherohala Skyway (near Robbinsville, NC).
  • The King Meadows Trail branches off the Hooper Bald Trail very near the beginning, offering entrance to the Snowbird Backcountry Area.
  • Some large American chestnut trees remain near Hooper Bald, one of the largest balds in the Southeast.
  • “Rhododendrons 40 feet high; the widest variety of foliage imaginable and views of three states from Hooper Bald Mountain, the highest peak in the center of it.”