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                    |Park=Hampton Creek Cove State Natural Area
                     | City = Roan Mountain
                     | City = Roan Mountain
                     | State = Tennessee
                     | State = Tennessee
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                     | Trail Use = {{Hike}}
                     | Trail Use = {{Hike}}
                     | Difficulty Rating = Medium
                     | Difficulty Rating = Medium
                     | Hike Time = 3
                     | Hike Time = 5-6
                     | Distance = 4.4
                     | Distance = 7.5
                     | Elevation Gain = 2148
                     | Elevation Gain = 1630
                    | Elevation Loss = -983
                     | High Point = 4675
                     | High Point = 4686
                     | Latitude = 36.152383
                     | Latitude = 36.152383
                     | Longitude = -82.055733
                     | Longitude = -82.055733
                     | Medical = Elizabethton, TN
                     | Medical = Elizabethton, TN
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| Date reviewed = 10/25/2015
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== Trail Overview ==
== Trail Overview ==
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Located in the [[Hampton Creek Cove State Natural Area]].
While the Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail stretches 330 miles, there are only a few segments that are not paved highway and open to the public.  This page describes the 3.75 mile section located in the [[Hampton Creek Cove State Natural Area]].
 
While the Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail stretches 330 miles, there are only a few segments that are not paved highway and open to the public.


== How to get there ==
== How to get there ==
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OVNHT continues into North Carolina for another 1.5 miles.  From the A.T. is skirts the edge of a heavily grown field.  A long shuttle could be arranged for an all day hike up and over the mountain.  Alternatively, a shuttle at Carvers Gap would allow a just over ten mile hike on OVNHT and A.T.   
OVNHT continues into North Carolina for another 1.5 miles.  From the A.T. is skirts the edge of a heavily grown field.  A long shuttle could be arranged for an all day hike up and over the mountain.  Alternatively, a shuttle at Carvers Gap would allow a just over ten mile hike on OVNHT and A.T.   
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!Miles
!Notes
|-
|0.0
|Trailhead at Hampton Creek
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|0.1
|Bridge
|-
|0.2
|Bridge
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|0.3
|Farm Gate
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|0.4
|Farm Gate
|-
|0.55
|Junction on [[Birchfield Trail]]
|-
|0.56
|Farm Gate
|-
|0.57
|Bridge
|-
|0.58
|Junction on [[Shell Hollow Trail]]
|-
|1.0
|Farm Gate
|-
|1.3
|Farm Gate
|-
|1.5
|Farm Gate
|-
|1.55
|Junction on [[Birchfield Trail]]
|-
|1.75
|Trail leaves farm and enters woods
|-
|3.67
|Yellow Mountain Gap on AT
|-
|3.68
|Junction with Blue Blazed Trail to Barn
|-
|4.4
|Trailhead at Roaring Creek
|}


== Typical Conditions ==
== Typical Conditions ==
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==Fees, Permits, etc. ==
==Fees, Permits, etc. ==
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No permit or fee.  The nature area closes at dusk.
No permit or fee.  The nature area closes at dusk. The trail officially says no mountain bikes or horses.


NOTE Hunting is permitted.  Use precaution when hiking during hunting season
== After the Hike ==
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== Misc. Information ==
== Misc. Information ==
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Hampton Creek Cove is a 693-acre natural area.  The official TN.gov Hampton Creek Cove [http://tn.gov/environment/natural-areas/natural-areas/hampton/ webpage] including [http://tn.gov/environment/natural-areas/natural-areas/hampton/na_hampton.pdf map].
[http://www.nps.gov/ovvi/index.htm National Park Service website for OVMT]
[http://www.nps.gov/ovvi/index.htm National Park Service website for OVMT]


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== Maps ==
== Maps ==
Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail is red
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36.1341375787, -82.0405528418~View into Hampton Cove~[[Image:HCCSNA_View_Into_Hampton_Cove.jpg|150px]]~MarkerB.png
(A) 36.152383,-82.055733~Parking at Hampton Creek Cove State Natural Area~ ~MarkerA.png
36.1523127923, -82.0556224482~Hampton Cove Parking~ ~MarkerA.png
(G) 36.125815,-82.051335~Intersection with Appalachian Trail~ ~MarkerG.png
36.1170074500, -82.0489487139~Roaring Creek Parking~ ~MarkerA.png
(F) 36.123615,-82.054214~Overmountain Shelter/Yellow Mtn Barn~ ~MarkerF.png
36.1236150000, -82.0542140000~Overmountain Barn~[[Image:HCCSNA_Overmountain_Barn_From_AT.jpg|150px]]~MarkerF.png
36.1489500994, -82.0430267087~Shell Cemetery~ ~MarkerN.png
36.1404409560, -82.0468414829~Creek Crossing~[[Image:HCCSNA_Birchfield_Creek_Crossing.jpg|150px]]~MarkerJ.png
36.1410568100, -82.0461533500~Farm Gate~[[Image:HCCSNA_Farm_Gate_01.jpg|150px]]~MarkerG.png
36.1379704200, -82.0443995200~Farm Gate~[[Image:HCCSNA_Farm_Gate_02.jpg|150px]]~MarkerG.png
36.1523057282, -82.0554279670~Trailhead Hampton Creek~[[Image:HCCSNA_Trailhead_Hampton_Creek.jpg|150px]]~MarkerT.png
36.1168907523, -82.0486987936~Trailhead Roaring Creek~[[Image:HCCSNA_Trailhead_Roaring_Creek.jpg|150px]]~MarkerT.png
36.1255151269, -82.0512409479~Trail Junction Shelter Trail~[[Image:HCCSNA_Junctions_Shelter_Trail.jpg|150px]]~MarkerT.png
36.1257587923, -82.0514537917~Yellow Mountain Gap Junction~[[Image:HCCSNA_Junctions_Yellow_Mountain_Gap.jpg|150px]]~MarkerT.png
36.1353754627, -82.0425103741~Junction Birchfield Trail North~[[Image:HCCSNA_Junctions_North.jpg|150px]]~MarkerT.png
36.1469884013, -82.0495906876~Junction Birchfield Trail South~[[Image:HCCSNA_Junctions_South.jpg|150px]]~MarkerT.png
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== Photos ==
== Photos ==
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Image:HCCSNA_View_Into_Hampton_Cove.jpg|View into Hampton Cove on OVNHT
Image:HCCSNA_Overmountain_Barn_From_AT.jpg|Overmountain Barn viewed from the AT
Image:HCCSNA_Farm_Gate_01.jpg|Farm Gate on OVNHT
Image:HCCSNA_Farm_Gate_02.jpg|Farm Gate on OVNHT
Image:HCCSNA_Trailhead_Hampton_Creek.jpg|Hampton Creek Trailhead
Image:HCCSNA_Trailhead_Roaring_Creek.jpg|Roaring Creek Trailhead
Image:HCCSNA_Junctions_Shelter_Trail.jpg|Shelter Trail Junction
Image:HCCSNA_Junctions_Yellow_Mountain_Gap.jpg|Yellow Mountain Gap
Image:HCCSNA_Junctions_North.jpg|Birchfield Trail North Junction
Image:HCCSNA_Junctions_South.jpg|Birchfield Trail South Junction
Image:HCCSNA_Blaze.jpg|Blaze
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