East Tennessee mountain bike rides
So many trails, so little time.
The following are brief descriptions (plus maps and pictures) of various
East Tennessee mountain bike rides.
The rides range in difficulty from a
"ride in the park" to wilderness adventures.
Popular mountain biking rides in the Knoxville area are
Panther Creek,
Norris,
Lone Mountain, and
Haw Ridge.
Here is a map of East Tenn.
indicating where some of these places are,
more or less.
(Or, on a 3-D topo map ).
We have GPS waypoints (.gpx), maps, and driving directions for some of the
trail heads at trail-head parking.
Many of the East Tennessee trail descriptions include GPS tracks
and elevation profiles.
These pages describe ridable trails/roads over the last dozen years or so.
Some trails/roads may be closed due to Mother Nature or new access restrictions.
Please obey posted signs.
Be aware of hunting seasons and try not to look like a deer.
Check TWRA's
Fall state
hunt schedule
(Units A and B, see TWRA state units map)
and
WMA hunt schedule.
Also the Oak Ridge reservation is closed for fall hunts, see
the
Oak Ridge Reservation hunt page.
Cumberlands
Frozen Head State Park steep climb, fire tower
Lone Mountain State Forest nice single track
Caryville good views from Ash Log Mtn.
Royal Blue aMAZEing (WMA, access fee), fire tower
Fork Mountain north of 116 (private land)
Gobey
Indian Bluff "tallest" mountain (access fee)
Windrock three-mile descent, free-rider downhill
(access fee)
Walden Ridge (private land, limited access)
Cumberland Plateau
Big South Fork water, sand, and horse mementos -- epic ride
Black Mountain caprock and trillium (private land)
Catoosa wild and scenic rivers (WMA), fire tower
Prentice Cooper NW of Chattanooga (WMA), fire tower
Oak Ridge (locator map
and Visitor Bureau)
Haw Ridge mountain biker's gym, single track,
trail runners delight
Gallaher Bend easy family ride
Melton Lake Greenway paved bike trail,
extended to 5.6 miles, April, 2012
North Boundary road scenic gravel plus single track
Black Oak Ridge rolling scenic gravel plus
some single track (BORCE)
Wiltshire a small, possibly endangered, species
(private land)
Knoxville
outdoorknoxville.com trails, greenways, parks
Big Foot Park CLOSED, private property
Concord Park single track
I. C. King Park rolling single track
Forks of the River WMA and Georgia Marble quarry trails
Hastie Park Dirty South trails being developed ...
AMBC's
Knoxville trails Hastie, Georgia Marble, Baker Creek, Concord
and AMBC favorite trails
mtbproject, AMBC facebook
Baker Creek Preserve or
here and
youtube ride
Sharps Ridge trails under construction (2013),
trails image
or 2015
map trailhead at 36.0084524,-83.9321519
KTC
trail runs
Cherokee National Forest
Horse Creek/Upper Paint Creek mountain streams,
balds, and fire towers
Paint Creek Hurricane Gap, Chimney Rocks,
French Broad
Citico/Tellico mountain streams, Cherohala
Starr Mountain fire tower
Ocoee Clemmer trail and Tanasi trails
an IMBA epic ride
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Rich Mountain/ Parson Branch variations on Cades Cove
Townsend Vee Hollow 14 miles of trails (video)
Foothills Parkway Townsend/Wear Cove, to be closed
and Townsend/Alcoa/Maryville greenways
or here
Mt Sterling/Cataloochee eastern edge
of the Park and Max Patch/Harmon Den
Tsali "take a number" ... ok, so it's in North
Carolina (access fee) -- epic ride
Other
Panther Creek State Park intro to mountain biking
Norris "dam" good trails
new Loyston Point trails
and Hemlock Bluff (24+ miles)
or here
Chuck Swan ... YAFT (yet another fire tower) (WMA)
Wears Bend rolling dirt roads (WMA)
Clinton Aspire Park single track (22 miles), pump track
Links authored by others
more info on rides in
Chattanooga/Ocoee area Chilhowee, Chestnut, Edward's Pt
Raccoon Mountain trails
or
here
or race course
another
map
Chattanooga's Enterpise South Nature Park
trails opened 4/9/11, bout 10 miles of mtn bike trails, 2800 acres,
see GPS track
and elevation profile
Collegdale trails on
White Oak Mountain or pdf map
Harrison Bay state park 4.4 mile
loop
Cherokee National Forest
mountain bike trails
Goat Trail Cowan/Sewanee
or here
and mountaingoattrail.org
rails to trails
Sewanee
perimeter trail
Franklin State Forest trails
Koerner's North Cumberland trails Google earth zip file
windrock, royal blue
Chickasaw Trace county park, Columbia, Google
map
and park info
more tennessee trails
Northeast
Tennessee rides Buffalo and Bays Mountain,
northeast TN mountain bike association NTMBA
Warriors' Path State Park trails
and Steele Creek Park
middle Tennessee
and SORBA mid TN trails
and nashvillemountainbike.com
and
Montgomery Bell Park trails (20 miles)
Fall Creek Fall state park mountain bike
trails (21 miles)
Mousetail state park mountain bike
trails (9 miles)
Tims Ford state park mountain bike
trails (6 miles)
Big Hill Pond mountain bike/horse
trails (10 miles)
Warriors Path state park mountain bike
trails (9 miles)
Hamilton Creek
trail Nashville
Land between the Lakes
other
TN rides
Tennessee
mountain bike trails
SORBA's list of
Tennessee mountain bike trails
Tennessee trails trails.com
or mtbreview.com
TN trails in americantrails.org
TN state parks biking
TrailLink TN mountain bike trails
TVA
trails
North Carolina's Nantahala National Forest
rides
Pisgah National Forest
mountain bike
trails
western north carolina rides,
Pisgah, Nantahala, Dupont Forest
see GPS track
Bent Creek NC
and another
map
Panthertown NC trails
Hayesville NC
jackrabbit
and GPS track
NC National Forests mountain bike trails
NC Kerr Scott trails
and Rocky Knob trails
trails in the NC research triangle
Virginia Creeper
and Google Earth data
and rental/shuttle
or here
and
GPS track/profile
Virgina:
Beartree Campground area
rides
Iron Mountain
other western
Virginia rides
Virginia's epic ride,
Southern Traverse
Virginia
New River Trail State Park 57 miles (former railway)
Danville, Virgina's
Anglers Ridge
Kentucky trails
in
Daniel Boone National Forest
singletracks.com TN, NC, SC, GA
N. Georgia
Carters Lake
Atlanta trails
Blankets Creek
Chicopee Woods Nature Prserve
trail map
or here
Georgia
Silver Comet trail
Georgia pinhoti trail and
Alabama, trail alliance
bike/skate trails
Silver Comet, Virginia Creeper, Chief Ladiga, Wild Horse
South Carolina
trails
and
FATS trails
sorbascsra info/maps
or FATS
GPS track
mountain biking in Snow Shoe West Virginia
Greenbrier River Trail
Alabama
more
Alabama
Ladiga trail paved
and here
SOR southeast mountain biking
Appalachian downhill mountain biking
missouri katy trail
IMBA
epic rides
Mtn biking USA
GORP
Internet cycling
TrailSource
Indiana's
Brown County trails
C&O canal bikepath
or here
or here
IMBA and
NORBA
and SORBA
National Mountain Bike Patrol
knoxville cycling forums or facebook
Tennessee mountain biking alliance
blog and links
Kelley's Knoxville
bike blog
Friends of Haw Ridge Park
and Yahoo news group blog
or twitter
or
Facebook
Tennessee landforms waterfalls, arches,
balds, etc. (maps/waypoints)
and lookout towers
Trail building/maintenance
trail building and maintenance
more info on
trail maintenance
IMBA/Haw Ridge trail school Apr, '03
and other IMBA
trailschools
IMBA trail bridges
Wetlands Trail Design and Construction bridges, boardwalks, etc.
trail design and construction
and bridge construction
trail tools pulaski, mcleod, etc.
and IMBA's tool guide
or here or
or prohoe
or rogue hoe
or lamberton rake
or forestry suppliers
or Ben Meadows
Tim's chainsaw tips
mechanized trail equipment
traildynamics.com
and ask woody
USFS
trail construction manual $3/ft of trail
cost reference
US DOT trail design and maintenance
AT trail work manuals
trail blazes guidelines
trail building
books
Maps
Local bike stores may have maps and current access information.
USGS quads can help with topography, but trails and jeep roads depicted
on these maps often
do not represent current conditions.
USGS quadrangles can be obtained at hiking stores, map stores
(Omni), and from
the
TVA map store (800-627-7882).
Delorme's 3-D Topo Quads
have USGS quardrangles on CDs with GPS support,
as does Maptech's
TerrainNavigator.
mapquest and
terraserver,
and maptech have topos online.
County maps
may be of use for Wildlife Management Areas and general directions.
You can get Wildlife Management Area maps at
tnwildlifefoundation.org.
Delorme's
Tennessee Atlas & Gazetteer
includes coarse topographic information and
is available at book stores.
David Moore's book
Tennessee Mountain Bike Adventures has
trail descriptions and maps for many areas of Tennessee.
Also, see Parham's book
Off the Beaten Track: Mountain Biking in Eastern Tennessee.
And in 2009, see Colquitt/Livengood book on mountain biking in TN,
Off Road Trails.
Also see mountain biking books.
East Tennessee weather
forecast
or
here,
and historical weather stats.
East Tennessee webcams.
Also visit the AMBC
SORBA/Appalachian Mountain Bike Club page
or their facebook
and here are some
Tennessee Bike Clubs.
http://tnlandforms.us/mtnbike
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