Editing Steele Creek Park

{{Park
|Banner Image=File:Steele Creek Park.jpg
|Park Type=City Park
|Park Website=http://www.bristoltn.org/166/Steele-Creek-Park
|Trail Map Link=http://www.friendsofsteelecreek.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Steele-Creek-Trails-Map.pdf
|Activities=Hiking, Boating, Biking, Geocaching, Fishing
|Features=Waterfalls, Vistas, Rivers, Lakes
|Park Amenities=Picnicking, Playgrounds
|City=Bristol
|Area=2,200 acres
|Operated By=City of Bristol
|Parking=36.57585, -82.23689
}}
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36.5733586051, -82.233301717~Lodge~ ~MarkerG.png
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36.5603862445, -82.222267336~Rooster Front Park~ ~MarkerY.png
36.5639907336, -82.225922133~Spillway Falls~ ~MarkerC.png
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== Park Overview ==

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...

== How to get there ==
From Interstate 81:
#Take Exit 74A (which has Wellmont Bristol Regional Medical Center) east towards Bristol.
#At the second red light (CVS will be on your right), turn right (south) onto Highway 126.  
#Travel for one mile, turn left (east) onto Steele Creek Park Drive.  
#Travel for 0.3 miles and turn right (south), cross the bridge, and continue another 0.3 miles to main park gate.
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 alternative lots at Mill Creek (intersection of Broad Street and Spring Drive), Rooster Front (back side on Vance Drive), or recycling center (Broad Street).  Refer to the map below for these parking locations.

Park hours are from 9am to 9pm.

== Trails ==
The Steele Creek Park Lake splits the {{Park trail miles}} over {{Park trail count}} trails system into two sections.

{{Park trail table}}

'''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
|----
|}

A five mile loop hike around the lake can be created by taking both the High Ridge (up-n-down) and North Ridge (flat) trails - with short walk on the park road to connect.

== Trail Conditions ==
Since the trail information on the park friends website was last updated in 2004, this section contains comments about the trail conditions until the individual trail pages are created.

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.
{{Trail Stub
|Trail=High Ridge
|Trailhead location=36.5656572781, -82.2318408919
|Trail Distance=0.33 mi
|Difficulty=Easy
|Trail Marking=Gray square
}}
{{Trail Stub
|Trail=Lake Ridge
|Trailhead location=36.5735516437, -82.2322994646
|Trail Distance=1.85 mi
|Difficulty=Medium
|Trail Marking=Orange square
}}
{{Trail Stub
|Trail=Cross Ridge
|Trailhead location=36.5653536396, -82.2380642973
|Trail Distance=0.81 mi
|Difficulty=Easy
|Trail Marking=Yellow Square
}}
{{Trail Stub
|Trail=Powerline
|Trailhead location=36.5755094646, -82.2155830459
|Trail Distance=0.3 mi
|Difficulty=Easy
|Trail Marking=White ellipse
}}
{{Trail Stub
|Trail=East Ridge
|Trailhead location=36.5778474213, -82.2212753761
|Trail Distance=0.91 mi
|Difficulty=Easy
|Trail Marking=Green ellipse
}}
{{Trail Stub
|Trail=Sinks Way
|Trailhead location=36.5797034156, -82.2247720985
|Trail Distance=0.48 mi
|Difficulty=Easy
|Trail Marking=Orange ellipse
}}
{{Trail Stub
|Trail=Fox Ridge
|Trailhead location=36.5641827039, -82.2260794204
|Trail Distance=1.13 mi
|Difficulty=Medium
|Trail Marking=Red ellipse
}}
{{Trail Stub
|Trail=Rock Cut
|Trailhead location=36.5789637187, -82.2257882467
|Trail Distance=0.92
|Difficulty=Medium
|Trail Marking=Yellow ellipse
}}
{{Trail Stub
|Trail=Hickory Ridge
|Trailhead location=36.5681072948, -82.229570242
|Trail Distance=0.87
|Difficulty=Medium
|Trail Marking=Gray ellipse
}}
{{Trail Stub
|Trail=South Ridge
|Trailhead location=36.5603358501, -82.2258525939
|Trail Distance=3.13
|Difficulty=Medium
|Trail Marking=Blue ellipse
}}
{{Trail Stub
|Trail=Logging Road
|Trailhead location=36.560680996, -82.2510125043
|Trail Distance=1.35
|Difficulty=Medium
|Trail Marking=Black ellipse
}}
{{Trail Stub
|Trail=Quarry Cave
|Trailhead location=36.5770516236, -82.2275250623
|Trail Distance=0.4 mi
|Difficulty=Easy
|Trail Marking=Pink ellipse
}}
{{Trail Stub
|Trail=Overlook
|Trailhead location=36.5689031802, -82.2339734989
|Trail Distance=454 ft
|Difficulty=Easy
|Trail Marking=Black triangle
}}
{{Trail Stub
|Trail=North Ridge
|Trailhead location=36.5653891704, -82.237996
|Trail Distance=2.82
|Difficulty=Medium
|Trail Marking=Red triangle
}}
{{Trail Stub
|Trail=Carden Ridge
|Trailhead location=36.554769,-82.260748
|Trail Distance=1.15
|Difficulty=Medium
|Trail Marking=Yellow triangle
}}
{{Trail Stub
|Trail=Lakeside (Steele Creek)
|Trailhead location=36.576804,-82.227602
|Trail Distance=2.1
|Difficulty=Medium
|Trail Marking=Orange triangle
}}
{{Trail Stub
|Trail=Paw Paw Ridge
|Trailhead location=36.558653,82.232893
|Trail Distance=0.71
|Difficulty=Easy
|Trail Marking=Blue triangle
}}
{{Trail Stub
|Trail=Hemlock Hallow
|Trailhead location=36.569799,-82.235997
|Trail Distance=0.6
|Difficulty=Easy
|Trail Marking=Gray triangle
}}
{{Trail Stub
|Trail=Tulip Tree
|Trailhead location=36.555103,-82.249336
|Trail Distance=0.7
|Difficulty=Easy
|Trail Marking=Pink triangle
}}
{{Trail Stub
|Trail=Slagle Hallow
|Trailhead location=36.565357,-82.238170
|Trail Distance=2.48
|Difficulty=Medium
|Trail Marking=White triangle
}}