Birchfield Trail

Trail Name Birchfield Trail Park Hampton Creek Cove State Natural Area Nearest City Roan Mountain State Tennessee Trail Marking White Vinyl Blaze Trail Use/Features Difficulty Rating Easy Hiking Time 45 min0.75 Hours <br />0.0469 Days <br /> Distance, round-trip 1.01 mi <br />1.609 km <br /> Climb/Descent Elevation 646646 Feet <br />196.901 Meters <br /> / -54-54 Feet <br />-16.459 Meters <br /> High Point 38103,810 Feet <br />1,270 Yards <br />1,161.288 Meters <br /> Nearest Medical Elizabethton, TN Trip Reports Click Here Loading map... {"type":"ROADMAP","minzoom":false,"maxzoom":false,"types":["ROADMAP","SATELLITE","HYBRID","TERRAIN"],"mappingservice":"googlemaps3","width":"270px","height":"180px","centre":false,"title":"","label":"","icon":"","lines":[],"polygons":[],"circles":[],"rectangles":[],"copycoords":false,"static":false,"visitedicon":"","wmsoverlay":false,"zoom":8,"layers":[],"controls":["zoom"],"zoomstyle":"DEFAULT","typestyle":"DEFAULT","autoinfowindows":false,"resizable":false,"kmlrezoom":false,"poi":true,"cluster":false,"clustergridsize":60,"clustermaxzoom":20,"clusterzoomonclick":true,"clusteraveragecenter":true,"clusterminsize":2,"imageoverlays":[],"kml":[],"gkml":[],"searchmarkers":"","fullscreen":false,"scrollwheelzoom":false,"locations":[{"text":"","title":"","link":"","lat":36.1523830000000003792592906393110752105712890625,"lon":-82.055733000000003585228114388883113861083984375,"icon":""}]} Show Large Map

Trail Overview

Located in the Hampton Creek Cove State Natural Area.

Alternative trail that runs parallel along with the Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail. Trail follows Left Prong creek on the way up and has one bridgeless creek crossing that might get your feet wet.

The trail bypasses the farm and most of the gates.

Route Description

First part of trail is in cow field before entering woods at a farm gate. The trail is blazed white vinyl and follows the Left Prong Creek.

Miles	Notes
0.0	Trailhead on Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail
0.2	Farm Gate
0.5	Creek Crossing
1.0	Trailhead on Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail

Typical Conditions

Trail is good condition and well blazed. Blazes nailed to trees. Not hard to follow. A little narrow in places.

Fees, Permits, etc.

No permit or fee. The nature area closes at dusk. The trail officially says no mountain bikes or horses.

Maps

Birchfield Trail is blue

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Photos

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  Creek crossing on Birchfield Trail

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  Birchfield Trail North Junction

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  Birchfield Trail South Junction