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Steele Creek Park is a very large 2,200+ acre city park south of Bristol, Tennessee. The multi-use facility has a nature center, regular golf course, a disc golf course, a lake, hiking trails, soccer fields, picnic tables with grills, a miniature trail, and more... | Steele Creek Park is a very large 2,200+ acre city park south of Bristol, Tennessee. The multi-use facility has a nature center, regular golf course, a disc golf course, a lake, hiking trails, soccer fields, picnic tables with grills, a miniature trail, and more... | ||
<googlemap version="0.9" lat="36.5700" lon="-82.2325" type="terrain" zoom="14" scale="yes" icons="http://tehcc.org/clubwiki/kml/marker{label}.png"> | |||
(A) 36.57585,-82.23689,Steele Creek Park main entrance | |||
(A) 36.5792,-82.226917,Mill Creek access point | |||
(A) 36.5599,-82.22208,Rooster Front access point | |||
(A) 36.5812,-82.2235,Recycle Center access point | |||
</googlemap> | |||
== How to get there == | == How to get there == | ||
From Interstate 81: | From Interstate 81: | ||
Line 46: | Line 16: | ||
Trailheads are behind (east) the nature center. | Trailheads are behind (east) the nature center. | ||
In 2014, Bristol City Council approved a $2 per car fee for the main park entrance. The cost can be avoided by parking at the | In 2014, Bristol City Council approved a $2 per car fee for the main park entrance. The cost can be avoided by parking at the alternatiave lots at Mill Creek (intersection of Broad Street and Spring Drive), Rooster Front (back side on Vance Drive), or recycling center (Broad Street). | ||
Park hours are from 9am to 9pm. | Park hours are from 9am to 9pm. | ||
== Trails == | == Trails == | ||
The Steele Creek Park Lake splits the | The Steele Creek Park Lake splits the over 20 mile trail system into two sections. | ||
{ | '''Trinkle Hollow Trails''' | ||
{| | |||
|Trails | |||
|Distance | |||
|---- | |||
|[[SCP Quarry Cave Trail]] | |||
|0.4 mi | |||
|---- | |||
|[[SCP Sinks Way Trail]] | |||
|0.6 mi | |||
|---- | |||
|[[SCP Lakeside Trail]] | |||
|0.6 mi | |||
|---- | |||
|[[SCP Hickory Ridge Trail]] | |||
|0.9 mi | |||
|---- | |||
|[[SCP Fox Ridge Trail]] | |||
|1.2 mi | |||
|---- | |||
|[[SCP Powerline Trail]] | |||
|0.3 mi | |||
|---- | |||
|[[SCP East Ridge Trail]] | |||
|0.9 mi | |||
|---- | |||
|[[SCP Rock Cut Trail]] | |||
|0.6 mi | |||
|---- | |||
|} | |||
'''Slagle Hollow Trails''' | |||
{| | |||
|Trails | |||
|Distance | |||
|---- | |||
|[[SCP Slagle Hollow Trail]] | |||
|2.5 mi | |||
|---- | |||
|[[SCP South Ridge Trail]] | |||
|2.1 mi | |||
|---- | |||
|[[SCP Tulip Tree Trail]] | |||
|0.6 mi | |||
|---- | |||
|[[SCP North Ridge Trail]] | |||
|2.4 mi | |||
|---- | |||
|[[SCP Cross Ridge Trail]] | |||
|0.8 mi | |||
|---- | |||
|[[SCP Lake Ridge Trail]] | |||
|2.2 mi | |||
|---- | |||
|[[SCP High Ridge Trail]] | |||
|0.3 mi | |||
|---- | |||
|[[SCP Overlook Trail]] | |||
|0.1 mi | |||
|---- | |||
|[[SCP Logging Road Trail]] | |||
|1.3 mi | |||
|---- | |||
|[[SCP Hemlock Hollow Trail]] | |||
|0.7 mi | |||
|---- | |||
|} | |||
== Trail Conditions == | == Trail Conditions == | ||
Line 61: | Line 97: | ||
August 2012: Open are Hemlock Hollow, Cross Ridge, High Ridge, and Lake Ridge. Impassable after 0.5 mile due to blowdowns and overgrowth is Slagle Hollow Trail. | August 2012: Open are Hemlock Hollow, Cross Ridge, High Ridge, and Lake Ridge. Impassable after 0.5 mile due to blowdowns and overgrowth is Slagle Hollow Trail. | ||
== Maps == | |||
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[http://www.bristoltn.org/steelecreekpark.cfm Steele Creek Park website] | |||
[http://www.friendsofsteelecreek.org/ Friends of Steel Creek website] | |||
[http://www.friendsofsteelecreek.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/complete-trail-map.pdf 2010 trail map] | |||
[http://www.friendsofsteelecreek.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Steele-Creek-Trails-Map.pdf 2012 trail map] | |||
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[[Category:Tennessee]] | |||