Margarette Falls

Trail Name Margarette Falls Nearest City Greeneville State Tennessee Trail Marking Blue Blaze Trail Use/Features Difficulty Rating Medium Hiking Time 33 Hours <br />0.188 Days <br />180 Min <br /> Distance, round-trip 1.31.3 mi <br />2.092 km <br /> Climb/Descent Elevation 897897 Feet <br />273.406 Meters <br /> / {{{Elevation Loss}}}"{{{Elevation Loss}}}" is not a number. High Point 26002,600 Feet <br />866.667 Yards <br />792.48 Meters <br /> Nearest Medical Greeneville, 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":36.0690120000000007394191925413906574249267578125,"lon":-82.718468000000001438820618204772472381591796875,"icon":""}]} Show Large Map

Trail Overview

Nice fairly short trail to a nice cascading falls, that in the winter can ice over very well.

How to get there

From Johnson City, TN

1. Turn onto Cherokee Road, TN 67.
2. In about 10 miles, turn left onto TN 81 (toward Erwin).
3. On Tenn. 81, drive 0.8 miles (cross Nolichucky River).
4. Turn right on TN 107 west (toward Tusculum).
5. Drive 13.8 miles from TN 81/107 junction.
6. Turn left toward USFS Horse Creek Recreation Area (sign).
7. Proceed 0.8 miles.
8. Turn right (sign -Horse Creek, Old Forge).
9. Almost immediately (0.1 miles) turn right onto Union Chapel Road.
10. Then after 0.2 miles, turn left onto Greene Ridge Road.
11. After 0.6 miles turn left onto Greystone Road. Stay on most used route on narrow, winding road.
12. At about 3.2 miles, turn left onto Shelton Mission Church Road (sign to church).
13. Proceed 2.2 miles on Shelton Mission Chuch Road (pass church, cross bridge), and reach gravel road (USFS sign to Bullen Hollow and Margarette Falls Trails).
14. Turn left and drive on rough road for 0.5 miles to turnaround and parking area.

Route Description

Hike 0.6 miles up the Bullen Hollow Trail (blue blaze). The Margarette Falls Trail (FS #189) is apparently the second blazed trail off of Bullen Hollow Trail (do not ford main creek). It takes the right fork of the creek and the falls are about 0.75 miles from Bullen Trail intersection with several fords on this trail.

Do not follow the yellow blazes as those are for a very steep off-road vehicle trail to the top of Camp Creek Bald.

Miles	Elevation	Margarette Falls Trail
0.0	1900	Trailhead
0.6	2100	Fork for Bullen Hollow Trail
0.85	2300	Bridge
1.65	2600	Margarette Falls

Typical Conditions

Trail improvements have installed three bridges, thus leaving just one creek crossing. The path is rough with lots of large boulders.

Fees, Permits, etc.

None needed.

Misc. Information

Greeneville Hiking Club has an excellent description of the trail. [1] They also have an extension on this hike up to Bailey Falls, which is another 1/3rd of a mile, but involves a difficult wall climb to the right of Margarette Falls. [2]

Maps

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