Walter Hopkins Trail

Trail Name Walter Hopkins Trail Nearest City Jonesborough State Tennessee Trail Marking {{{Marking}}} Trail Use/Features Difficulty Rating Easy Hiking Time 0.50.5 Hours <br />0.0313 Days <br />30 Min <br /> Distance, round-trip 0.430.43 mi <br />0.692 km <br /> Climb/Descent Elevation 170170 Feet <br />51.816 Meters <br /> / {{{Elevation Loss}}}"{{{Elevation Loss}}}" is not a number. High Point 18711,871 Feet <br />623.667 Yards <br />570.281 Meters <br /> Nearest Medical Johnson City, 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":36.2870767499999971050783642567694187164306640625,"lon":-82.5024317624787499880767427384853363037109375,"icon":""}]} Show Large Map

Trail Overview

Located in Persimmon Ridge Park. A short hike through second generation hardwoods which would be excellent for young families as they could combine with the other nearby trails to determine an overall length.

How to get there

Driving direction on main park page. Park at the far lot behind the water park and near the Civitans pavilion. Trail off gravel road on other side of the long wooden bridge.

Route Description

Without a sign to definitively mark the western trailhead, used the wooden bridge as it also appears to be the start of Walter's Trail, thus the measured length of 0.7 miles is less than what was reported in the TN Greenways listing.

Miles	Walter Hopkins Trail	Miles	Elevation
0.0	Trailhead on gravel road	0.43	1711
0.16	Up on highpoint	0.27	1871
0.43	Trailhead at sign by bridge	0.0	1705

Typical Conditions

Hard dirt trail. Little use of switchbacks or water bars for erosion control. Might have had yellow blazes at one time, but could not see many. Someone has removed several blowdowns from the winter and spring storms, but benefited from clipping to open up the path.

Regulations

NO BIKES!

Misc. Information

The trail is named after Walter Hopkins, who led its construction for his Eagle Scout project. Might have been part of local Boy Scout Troop 39 (to be confirmed).

Maps

Walter Hopkins Trail is shown as green line below, while Luke Carter Trail is in red.

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(G) 36.285559,-82.503766 Northern trailhead by bench File:PRP Walter Hopkins sign1.JPG (G) 36.283722,-82.502489 Southern trailhead at bridge, junction with PRP Luke Carter Trail File:PRP Walter Hopkins sign2.JPG (K) 36.285986,-82.504260 Nice bench along gravel road </googlemap>

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