Promoting the development and enjoyment of Tennessee trails.
Tuesday, December 3 — Covenant College Trails near Lookout Mountain GA, about 4.5 miles, easy/moderate. A shorter option is also available. This private college has eight interconnecting trails wandering through pleasant woods on the southern side of its campus. The trail map looks like a spilled jar of giant gummy worms! We’ll manage to do all these […]
Saturday, December 7 — Cumberland Trail near Chattanooga, Pot Point Loop, 11.7 miles, difficult due to distance. This trail in Prentice Cooper State Forest marks the southern end of the Cumberland Trail. We will go along the Grand Canyon of the Tennessee River, where this beautiful river cuts a gorge through the Cumberland Plateau. We will enjoy the […]
Saturday, December 7 – Natural Bridge via Snoopers Rock, Prentice Cooper State Forest, 6.2 miles out-and-back, with an optional spur of 1.4 miles down and back to Blowing Wind Falls on the Ritchie Hollow Trail, moderate with ups and downs. We will start at Snoopers Rock, a large, wide-open outcrop overlooking the Grand Canyon of […]
Tuesday, December 10 — Cumberland Trail: Mobray Pike to Hotwater Road/Little Soddy Trailhead, near Soddy Daisy, 4.9 miles, easy/moderate. Highlights include spectacular views of the valley from the escarpment, boulders and rock formations, seams of coal, and at the northern end, a historic walk through the remnants of one of the oldest tunnel coal-mining operations in Tennessee. Of […]
Saturday, December 14 — Signal Mountain trails, up to three options: (1) long hike of 8-10 miles, moderate; (2) medium hike of around 4-5 miles, easy/moderate; (3) short 2.2-mile hike, 348’ el. gain, easy. A short shuttle is required for the medium hike. We will all start at the Rainbow Lake trailhead on Ohio Avenue and hike to Rainbow […]
Tuesday, December 17 – Tims Ford State Park Trails, Winchester TN, short hike 3.4 miles, easy, or longer hike, 7.2 miles, easy to moderate. We will combine the Marble Plains Overlook Trail, Marble Plains Loop Trail, and the Lost Creek Overlook Trail for a beautiful hike along the shores of Tims Ford Lake, through the forest, […]
Saturday, December 21 — Cumberland Trail: part of Soddy Creek Gorge Section (North) near Soddy Daisy, about 7 miles, moderately strenuous due to rocks and hiking into and out of gorges. Optional shorter hike, about 5 miles, moderate, exiting by the climbers’ parking lot. Short shuttle. Our hike will begin at the Little Soddy trailhead on Hotwater […]
Saturday, December 28 — Enterprise South Nature Park, 6.3 miles, easy/moderate. We’ll make a wriggly lollypop by starting on Poe Run, which does a reasonably good job of resembling the stick of the lollipop. Then we make a loop by following Hawkins Ridge Trail through all its wriggles and then crossing a road to Dogwood Ridge Trail (not […]
Tuesday, December 31 — Summit Knobs Trail, Harrison, TN, about 5 miles, easy, approximately 550’ elevation gain, in-and-out. This hike will take us up and down gentle wooded hills to Harrison Branch Creek. The full name of the trail is Summit Knobs Equestrian Trail—we’ll have to watch our step! Restrooms are available. The trailhead is […]
Saturday, January 4 — Devil’s Breakfast Table Section of the Cumberland Trail (Take 2), near Crab Orchard TN, 7.6 miles, point-to-point, 1900’ el. gain, moderate due to rocky terrain and climbs. Relatively short shuttle. We will start our hike at the northern trailhead at Devil’s Breakfast Table on Daddy’s Creek and continue to Peavine Road and our […]