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== How to get there ==
== How to get there ==
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From Kingsport, TN:
#Take I-81 north to Exit 19 for US-58 towards Damascus.
#Continue through Damascus.
#Take right (south) when VA-91 and US-58 split.
#Proceed back into Tennessee to Laurel Bloomery.
From Mountain City, TN:
From Mountain City, TN:
#Proceed north on TN 91 for 7.7 miles to Laurel Bloomery.
#Proceed north on TN 91 for 7.7 miles to Laurel Bloomery.
#Turn right at the A-Z Market onto Gentry Creek Road (sign to Pleasant Home Church) and proceed 0.8 miles.
 
Then for both routes:
#Turn at the A-Z Market onto Gentry Creek Road (sign to Pleasant Home Church) and proceed 0.8 miles.
#Make right turn onto Star Gap Road.  
#Make right turn onto Star Gap Road.  
#Then quickly left again ton continue on Gentry Creek Road, which become gravel after 1.1 miles.
#Then quickly left again ton continue on Gentry Creek Road, which become gravel after 1.1 miles.

Revision as of 22:48, 7 March 2011


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Trail Name Rogers Ridge Horse Trail
Nearest City Mountain City
State Tennessee
Trail Marking {{{Marking}}}
Trail Use/Features Dnr hiking.pngTemplate:Horse
Difficulty Rating Difficult
Hiking Time *"*" is not a number.
Distance, round-trip 1212 mi <br />19.312 km <br />
Climb/Descent Elevation 3,0003,000 Feet <br />914.4 Meters <br /> / {{{Elevation Loss}}}"{{{Elevation Loss}}}" is not a number.
High Point *"*" is not a number.
Nearest Medical Mountain City
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Trail Overview

Open grassy ridge at 4,628 ft of elevation with triangulation station disk at corner of Virginia, Tennessee and North Carolina

How to get there

From Kingsport, TN:

  1. Take I-81 north to Exit 19 for US-58 towards Damascus.
  2. Continue through Damascus.
  3. Take right (south) when VA-91 and US-58 split.
  4. Proceed back into Tennessee to Laurel Bloomery.

From Mountain City, TN:

  1. Proceed north on TN 91 for 7.7 miles to Laurel Bloomery.

Then for both routes:

  1. Turn at the A-Z Market onto Gentry Creek Road (sign to Pleasant Home Church) and proceed 0.8 miles.
  2. Make right turn onto Star Gap Road.
  3. Then quickly left again ton continue on Gentry Creek Road, which become gravel after 1.1 miles.
  4. Continue on rough gravel road for 1.4 miles and park at road end.

Point of information is that the first cul-de-sac parking lot reached on the gravel road is for Rogers Ridge Horse Trail. Veer to the right to continue back to the dead end cul-de-sac with a trail marker for Gentry Creek Falls trail.

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