Skyway highlights • Santeetlah Gap (Mile 0) — junction with Kilmer Road, which accesses Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest • Hooper Cove (Mile 2) — picnic area • Shute Cove (Mile 3) — picnic area • Huckleberry Knob (Mile 9) — short trail to the summit of Huckleberry Knob (elev. ) •
Hooper Bald (Mile 10) — short trail to the summit of Hooper Bald (elev. ) • Santeetlah Overlook (Mile 11) — view of the upper Santeetlah Creek watershed • Big Junction Overlook (Mile 12) — View south from the gap between Haw Knob and Big Junction • Stratton Ridge (Mile 16) — picnic area;
Benton MacKaye Trail access • Cherohala Skyway Welcome Plaza (Mile 17) — picnic area; connection to Forest Service Roads 81/Old Santeetlah Road and 217/North River Road • Unicoi Crest (Mile 18) — Tennessee-North Carolina state line, view of the Tellico River valley • Falls Branch Falls Trail (Mile 21) — short trail through a patch of old growth forest to a cascade waterfall • Lake View Overlook (Mile 25) • Turkey Creek Overlook (Mile 27) • Forest Service Road 345/Indian Boundary Road (Mile 29) to Indian Boundary Lake campground • Forest Service Road 210/River Road (Mile 39) to Tellico District Ranger Station and Bald River Falls • Cherohala Skyway Visitor Center and Charles Hall Museum (Mile 43) ==History==