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{{Infobox Trail
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                     | City = Elk Park
                     | City = Elk Park
                     | State = North Carolina
                     | State = North Carolina
                    | Marking = Blue
                     | Trail Use = {{Hike}}
                     | Trail Use = {{Hike}}
                     | Difficulty Rating = Medium
                     | Difficulty Rating = Medium
                     | Hike Time = 4
                     | Hike Time = *
                     | Distance = 5.6
                     | Distance = *
                     | Elevation Gain = *
                     | Elevation Gain = *
                     | High Point = *
                     | High Point = *
                     | Latitude = 36.147167
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                     | Longitude = -81.983867
                     | Longitude = *
                     | Medical = Linville, NC
                     | Medical = Linville, NC
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<googlemap lat="36.147167" lon="-81.983867"  zoom="9" width="270" type="map" height="180" selector="no" controls="small">
36.147167,-81.983867,Elk Park Trail
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| KML = Yes
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| Detail route description = Yes
| Photos = Yes
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| Update infobox = Yes
| Infobox data update = Yes
| Trail pins = Yes
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| Comment = Is it still a viable trail?
| Date reviewed = 10/24/2015
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== Trail Overview ==
== Trail Overview ==
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== How to get there ==
== How to get there ==
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From Kingsport, TN:
 
#Head south on I-26.
#Take Exit 24 for US-321/TN-67 toward Elizabethton.
#Follow US-321 until it turns right at traffic light, then merges with US-19E heading south.
#Continue into North Carolina and enter the town of Elk Park.
#Turn right (south) at Winters or Maple Streets.
#Continue onto Brooks Shell Road which is a loop.
#Park in gravel lot at trailhead coordinates.


== Route Description==
== Route Description==
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The blue blazed trail has a tough start staying between private properties and avoiding briars. It is more
 
established and marked once it crosses the very small drainage for the second time.  Primarily a horse trail which had signs of maintenance to secure the tread. Part of the trail has been bulldozed for unknown construction on a lower part of the ridge line.


== Typical Conditions ==
== Typical Conditions ==
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== Fees, Permits, etc. ==
== Fees, Permits, etc. ==
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No fees or restrictions.
 


== After the Hike ==
== After the Hike ==
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== Misc. Information ==
== Misc. Information ==
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Conclusion is that there is an Elk Park Trail, but it is being lost to development around the trailhead and on the lower ridge.
 


== Maps ==
== Maps ==
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<display_map  type="terrain" width="auto" height="600" gkml="https://tehcc.org/clubwiki/kml/Roan_Highlands_Elk_Park_Trail.kml">


36.147167, -81.983867~Trailhead~ ~MarkerA.png
36.14072, -82.01273~Hump Bald~ ~MarkerE.png
</display_map>


== Photos ==
== Photos ==
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