The john muir national recreation trail (#152) is a 20.7 mile (33.3 km) [1] trail in eastern tennessee, along the north side of hiwassee river in the cherokee national forest It is named after naturalist john muir and was constructed in 1972 through the efforts of the youth conservation corps and the senior community service employment program [2] the trail is said to follow the path taken. About a third of the route follows maintained hiking trails (including 28 miles (45 km) of the john muir trail) The john muir trail and the pacific crest trail both transverse the pass Following the john muir trail, the pass is 6.3 miles (10.1 km) from thousand island lake, and 12.8 miles (20.6 km) from tuolumne meadows
[2] donohue pass is the sixth highest pass of the ten named passes on the john muir trail. This is the end of the high sierra trail Hikers may continue on the john muir trail 12.6 miles (20.3 km) to the summit of mount whitney The mount whitney trail branches to the east from the john muir trail 2.4 miles (3.9 km) south of mount whitney's summit, and descends to whitney portal located at the end of the road from lone pine, california.
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