Promoting the development and enjoyment of Tennessee trails.
Saturday, November 4 — Cumberland Trail: Signal Point to Suck Creek Road, strenuous, 8.4 miles. Multiple fine overlooks of the Tennessee River Gorge and other gorges, intriguing rock formations, and (we hope) gorgeous fall scenery! Shuttle required. For carpooling/caravanning, meet at Food City on Signal Mountain Road, in the near back corner of the parking […]
November 7 to November 10 — Scenic City Chapter Fall trip. We are going to the Natural Bridge State Park and the Red River Gorge in Kentucky. These places are chock full of spectacular rock features and great trails!
Tuesday, November 7 — McGill Creek Section of the Cumberland Trail, moderate 5.6 miles, out and back, el. gain 410’. We will start at the Roaring Creek trailhead near Dayton. This is a forest trail and hopefully the trees will be showing fall colors. The trail initially parallels Brayton Mountain Road with stone steps, a couple of […]
Saturday, November 11 — Cumberland Trail: Lower Connector to Rock Creek Loop and back, lollypop, about 6 miles, moderate, 1,115’ elevation gain. Our hike starts at the Lower Leggett Road trailhead and includes Leggett Point Overlook, along with a spur trail to boulders on Rock Creek—a good spot for lunch. Beautiful views of Rock Creek and the gorge. The […]
Tuesday, November 14 — Sitton Gulch Trail to Hemlock Falls, about 3.5 miles, 400-500’ el. gain, easy/ moderate. This trail at the bottom of Cloudland Canyon follows a beautiful and rambunctious creek upstream to a bridge over an unnamed yet quite respectable waterfall. It gets slighted because it is downstream of not one but two immense waterfalls. […]
Saturday, November 18 — Trail work with the Cumberland Trail Conference on the Upper Piney section of the CT. This is our chance to contribute to the work of completing the wonderful Cumberland Trail, sections of which we have hiked many times. No experience is necessary, tools will be provided, and the work will not be taxing. Please […]
Tuesday, November 21 — Bay Point Loop Trail in Harrison Bay State Park, easy, about 4.3 miles, 124’ el. gain. Enjoy awesome views of the bay on Chickamauga Lake on the Tennessee River as we meander through the woods. Hopefully we will still see some fall colors and wildlife, possibly even some deer. Meet at the trailhead, which […]
Saturday, November 25 — Keown Falls and Johns Mountain, 5.0 miles, moderate, 1,023’ el. gain. As we walk along this beautiful trail, we’ll see grand views, especially at the top of the mountain ridge, and, if we are lucky, we’ll see a lively waterfalls. (If the drought continues, at least we won’t get our boots muddy.) For […]
Tuesday, November 28 — Brady Bluff on the Cumberland Trail, 4.8 miles, moderate, 1108’ el. gain. This hike leads to a stunning view of Grassy Cove, a nostalgic scene of rolling farmland, classic barns, and grazing cows and sheep, surrounded by protective mountains.For carpooling/caravanning, meet at the Durham Street parking lot (ball fields) off Dayton Pike […]
Saturday, December 2 — Raccoon Mountain: Laurel Point and several trails. Shorter hike 4 miles, longer hike an extra 3 miles or so, both easy—we’ll be hiking entirely atop the mountain with very little elevation change. It is almost all in the woods, with a couple of brief open spots on the trail that provide some […]
Tuesday, December 5 — Lookout Mountain: Hardy Trail, Mountain Beautiful Trail, Bluff Trail, Craven’s House Trail, loop, 3.9 miles, easy/moderate, 731’ el. gain. We'll start at Cravens House and wind our way across and up the east side of Lookout Mountain, go under the Point Park Bluff and back around to Cravens House. Since it is December, we […]
Saturday, December 9 — Gilbert Gaul Loop, Fall Creek Falls State Park, 4.5 miles, loop, easy to moderate, 100’ el. gain. Following this hike, there will also be an optional exploratory hike to Woodcock Cove climbing trails above Dunlap, around 3-5 miles, with one short but steep section. The first hike to Gilbert Gaul Loop has rolling hills, with […]
