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'''Welcome to Tennessee Eastman Hiking and Canoeing Club's Trail WIKI'''
'''Welcome to Tennessee Eastman Hiking and Canoeing Club's Trail WIKI'''


Our online repository for everything trail related within a reasonable distance from our club's center in Kingsport TN.  
Our online repository for everything trail related within a reasonable distance from our club's center in Kingsport TN.  


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!Trails by area
! style="font-size: 5em; width: 24%;" |Find It.
!Trails by use
! style="font-size: 5em; width: 24%;" |Hike It.
!Trails by features
! style="font-size: 5em; width: 24%;" |Log It.
!Other ways to find trails
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| Use this site to find the trails and parks that interest you. Here are some ways to do that.
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*[[Template:Map AreaTrails|Site Trail Map]]
*[[:Category:Kingsport|Kingsport]]
*Johnson City
*Bristol
*[[:Category:Tennessee|Tennessee]]
*[[:Category:Virginia|Virginia]]
*[[:Category:North Carolina|North Carolina]]
*[[TEHCC AT|Appalachian Trail]]
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*[[:Category:Hiking|Hiking]]
*[[:Category:Biking|Biking]]
*[[:Category:Horse Riding|Horseback riding]]
*[[:Category:Camping|Camping]]
*[[:Category:Dog Friendly|Dogs allowed]]
*[[:Category:Fishing|Fishing]]
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*[[:Category:Waterfalls|Waterfalls]]
*[[:Category:Overlook|Overlooks]]
*Difficulty:<br />[[:Category:Easy|Easy]]/[[:Category:Medium|Medium]]/[[:Category:Hard|Hard]]
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*Click on pins below for pop-ups with trail links
*[[ClubWiki:Trails_List|Sortable Trails List]]
*[[ClubWiki:Trails_List|Sortable Trails List]]
*[[ClubWIKI:TopsList|Our favorite trails for various situations]]
*[[ClubWIKI:TopsList|Our favorite trails for various situations]]
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*[[Special:RunQuery/Trail_Search|Experimental trail finder]]
*[[Help:Contents|First time visitor information]]
| Some tips before heading out.
*[[ClubWiki:Creating_a_Trail|Adding a trail tips]]
*[[Help:Editing|Wiki editing help]]
*[[Meeting locations for TEHCC hikes]]
*[[Meeting locations for TEHCC hikes]]
*[[Hunting Season Dates]]
*[[Hunting Season Dates]]
*[[ClubWiki:Using GPS Devices|Using GPS Devices for Logging]]
*[[Other Internet Hiking Resources]]
*[[Other Internet Hiking Resources]]
*[http://www.appalachiantrail.org/docs/default-source/default-document-library/at-shuttle-list.pdf?sfvrsn=0 ATC's Trailhead Shuttling List]
*[http://www.appalachiantrail.org/home/explore-the-trail/transportation-options ATC's Trailhead Shuttling List]
| Log your hikes at this site. See ongoing totals, track the trails you have hiked, see what others are out there doing and the trail condition.
*[[ClubWiki:Logging Hikes|How to log your hikes]]<br/>
**[[Report:Whitetail_Loop-20191230033630|Example logging with uploaded GPS track]]
| Saw something not on this site? Did we get something wrong? Took a sweet photo that exemplifies the trail? This site can be updated by '''anyone'''.
*[[ClubWiki:Creating_a_Trail|Adding a trail tips]]
*[[Help:Editing|Wiki editing help]]
* [[ClubWiki:Creating_a_Trail_KML|Creating KML tips]]
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| style="color:#000;" | <div style="padding:2px 5px">[[File:Roan Water Wheel.jpg|left|150px|caption]][[Roan Mountain State Park]] is a {{#show: Roan Mountain State Park | ?Park Area#acre}} state park operated by TDEC that is just over an hour drive from downtown Kingsport. It has {{#ask: [[Category:Trail]] [[Park::Roan Mountain State Park]] | format=count}} official trails covering {{#number_format:{{#ask: [[Category:Trail]] [[Park::Roan Mountain State Park]] | ?Trail Distance#mi | format=sum}} | 2}} miles of hiking (currently in flux as I update mileage based on a recent GPS logged weekend of hiking). There are no day use fees for hiking.
| style="color:#000;" | <div style="padding:2px 5px">[[File:Rogers Ridge Balds View 2.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Rogers Ridge Balds View]][[Rogers Ridge Horse Trail]] is an in-and-out 6.87-mile ridgeline trail. It's a long hill climb trail for a day hike, but near the end, the 360° views of the surrounding ridgelines make it all worthwhile. A side benefit of this hike is being able to reach the Tri-State Corner Knob junction of TN-NC-VA. The trail begins in the Horse Ridge Scenic Area of the Cherokee National Forest past Damascus near Laurel Bloomery, TN. Horses are allowed, but on a recent October 2015 trip, there was little evidence of them. Although clearly marked at the trail head that ATV/ORV vehicles were not allowed, signs of their recent presence were along the entire trail.


Onsite amenities include lodging in cabins, RV sites, and tent only camp sites including group camp sites. At least the lower RV sites now include wifi, although on my recent visit I had trouble getting online. I didn't care enough to ask a ranger if I was doing something wrong. Other site amenities include a volleyball court, tennis courts, amphitheater, and apparently the highest elevation of a state park pool in Tennessee (that's a lot of qualifications!). There are also pavilions and a modern conference center available for advanced reservations.
The hike begins with an immediate creek crossing that has neither a bridge nor decent rocks to hop across; but this will be the last time you see water. Although guide books mention some campsites along the way with water access, we didn't see them. The trail wastes no time getting to the 3,201 feet of climbing, as it's nearly a consistent slope up to the summit. The trail itself is very well marked with yellow rectangle blazes, but several unmarked and well worn trails connect along the way. It may be that one of them connects to the [[Gentry Creek Falls]] trail that would make for a nice loop trail. The trail itself is wide with a clear "two-track" appearance and the occasional water-logged rut to walk around. While not noticed on the ascent, the descent can be challenging for the ankles, as there are several sections of loose rocks, fist-sized and smaller.


Two historical artifacts of interest are the Miller homestead on Strawberry bald and the Peg Leg Mine. The Miller homestead was built over 100 years ago and was occupied until the 1960's without electricity or running water. While you can visit the homestead anytime of year until 5pm when the gates are promptly locked, the house is open for tours Wed-Sun 9a-5p Memorial day through Labor Day. The Peg Leg Mine, located just behind the visitors center, mined iron ore and up until the last few years you could walk down to the mine and go on guided tours.
After hiking for 5.33 miles with glimpses through the trees of mountains and neighboring ridgelines, you finally enter a clearing to enjoy the views. The trail may "officially" end here as the previously well-blazed path now lacks markings, but you can continue on to enjoy the views. From here you can take a side trip to the south to get an early view of the surrounding ridgelines and valley including Grandfather Mountain. Continuing on the trail to the north, you reach another bald clearing that would be suitable for camping, especially for large groups. The only reservation I myself have about camping here is the apparent frequent use of ORVs here. From this higher elevation, there are views of Whitetop Mountain and Mt Rogers Mountain to the northeast. Throughout these bald clearings, blackberry bushes appear to be growing rampant. If you can tolerate the thorns, the blackberry picking in the summer must be unlimited!


The trails overall are good. A lot of them stay fairly close to TN143 making it hard to get away from the road noise. The one exception is [[Chestnut Ridge|Chestnut Ridge Trail]]. It's a splendid ridge trail but it suffers the classic problem of trails in Appalachia of being teased with majestic views but blocked by tree foliage. A winter trip after the leaves had fallen may change that problem. The one spot offering a lookout from the trail is [[Raven Rock|Raven Rock Trail]].
In a bald clearing to the east towards the state line is the trail high point in the final bald clearing. Although various sources differ on the exact elevation, we measured by GPS at 4,900 feet. The ridgetop home seen to the south appears to have been severely vandalized. Although unfortunate for the owner, one can only hope that one day this majestic ridgeline and profile can be returned to its original natural glory. After the high point, the trail begins to descend for the first time, and ends at a trail/road. Turn left to continue the descent to find the Tri-State Corner Knob, the terminus (at least at one time) of this trail.


Throughout the year, the park hosts several events including naturalist ralleys, folk life and fall harvest festivals at the homestead, and lastly the popular rhododendron festival in late June.
When visited in October of 2015, the hike was an enjoyable day of near complete solitude. The only encounter was a couple in a truck near the trail terminus. Unexpectedly we found the trees to be in the early stages of changing colors to the south and west, and found only bare trees to the north and east. Regardless, the day of fresh air, views, and exercise was more than enough to make this a great trail to visit, that you should consider as well.
 
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As I have done for years, most people likely drive through this park on their way to Carvers Gap. If you have the time, stop and look around. As I have done, you may find more than you expected and decide the trip up to Carvers Gap can wait until some other time.</div>
Image:NC-VA-TN_Corner_triangulation_station_disk.jpg‎|Triangulation Disk at TN-VA-NC Corner
Image:Rogers Ridge Trail View 1.jpg|View of the trail
Image:Rogers Ridge Whitetop and Mt Rogers.jpg|Whitetop and Mt Rogers
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* Plumbing
Yes! We would love '''''your''''' help! No, you don't need to be a computer wizard to do it.
** Implementing Semantics Mediawiki plugin - allows pages to be tagged with information for easier retrieval and searching later
 
** Creation of the "Park" page to better focus trails around a single park
How can you help?
** Conversion to a new mapping extension
* Send me an [mailto:tim@tehcc.org email] to
** Major overhaul of trail infoboxes underway (box on right side of trail pages) - Provides more information and creates the "tagged" information discussed above
** Say you have found this site useful - really that's it, I/We love to find out it's useful to others!
** Request information that would help to plan for a hike
** Provide information that we have missing that you know about
* Edit a page
** It's easy! It's just text
** It's foolproof! All edits are saved, you '''cannot''' mess it up (permanently)
** Just hit 'Edit' on the upper right and just start writing. More experienced editors will likely come along and apply any needed tweaks
** We'd rather have information added that messes up a page than to have no contribution at all
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* Trail pages now show recent logs and other nearby trails
* Hike logging nearly complete - user analysis tools would be neat
* Trail and Park page conversion on the last third
* Trail and Park lists are now possible - tag your pages as you please and see those lists
* Other possibilities going forward
** Logging maintenance needs including pins of exact locations and status
** Rating trails
* Content
* Content
** Major additions to [[Roan Mountain State Park]] - added several trails and started providing more detail about the park on its page
** A lot of parks are being added due to ease of using forms and adding trail stubs.
** [[Sills Branch]] - Short hike to a beautiful falls near Erwin
** Now we just need to get out to them and detail those trails!
** [[Squibb Creek Falls]] - A 2.6 mile hike to a pretty falls near Chuckey, TN
** Crossed over 400 trails referenced - Over 900 miles of trail documented
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Currently there are {{#ask: [[Category:Trail]] | format=count}} trails documented on our wiki!
{{Map AreaTrails}}

Latest revision as of 17:18, 14 July 2023

Welcome to Tennessee Eastman Hiking and Canoeing Club's Trail WIKI

Our online repository for everything trail related within a reasonable distance from our club's center in Kingsport TN.

Find It. Hike It. Log It. Update It.
Use this site to find the trails and parks that interest you. Here are some ways to do that. Some tips before heading out. Log your hikes at this site. See ongoing totals, track the trails you have hiked, see what others are out there doing and the trail condition. Saw something not on this site? Did we get something wrong? Took a sweet photo that exemplifies the trail? This site can be updated by anyone.


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Currently there are 490 trails covering 1,031.8 miles documented on our wiki! Of those, 198 trails have their 499.9 miles detailed on dedicated pages.

Featured Trail

Rogers Ridge Balds View
Rogers Ridge Horse Trail is an in-and-out 6.87-mile ridgeline trail. It's a long hill climb trail for a day hike, but near the end, the 360° views of the surrounding ridgelines make it all worthwhile. A side benefit of this hike is being able to reach the Tri-State Corner Knob junction of TN-NC-VA. The trail begins in the Horse Ridge Scenic Area of the Cherokee National Forest past Damascus near Laurel Bloomery, TN. Horses are allowed, but on a recent October 2015 trip, there was little evidence of them. Although clearly marked at the trail head that ATV/ORV vehicles were not allowed, signs of their recent presence were along the entire trail.

The hike begins with an immediate creek crossing that has neither a bridge nor decent rocks to hop across; but this will be the last time you see water. Although guide books mention some campsites along the way with water access, we didn't see them. The trail wastes no time getting to the 3,201 feet of climbing, as it's nearly a consistent slope up to the summit. The trail itself is very well marked with yellow rectangle blazes, but several unmarked and well worn trails connect along the way. It may be that one of them connects to the Gentry Creek Falls trail that would make for a nice loop trail. The trail itself is wide with a clear "two-track" appearance and the occasional water-logged rut to walk around. While not noticed on the ascent, the descent can be challenging for the ankles, as there are several sections of loose rocks, fist-sized and smaller.

After hiking for 5.33 miles with glimpses through the trees of mountains and neighboring ridgelines, you finally enter a clearing to enjoy the views. The trail may "officially" end here as the previously well-blazed path now lacks markings, but you can continue on to enjoy the views. From here you can take a side trip to the south to get an early view of the surrounding ridgelines and valley including Grandfather Mountain. Continuing on the trail to the north, you reach another bald clearing that would be suitable for camping, especially for large groups. The only reservation I myself have about camping here is the apparent frequent use of ORVs here. From this higher elevation, there are views of Whitetop Mountain and Mt Rogers Mountain to the northeast. Throughout these bald clearings, blackberry bushes appear to be growing rampant. If you can tolerate the thorns, the blackberry picking in the summer must be unlimited!

In a bald clearing to the east towards the state line is the trail high point in the final bald clearing. Although various sources differ on the exact elevation, we measured by GPS at 4,900 feet. The ridgetop home seen to the south appears to have been severely vandalized. Although unfortunate for the owner, one can only hope that one day this majestic ridgeline and profile can be returned to its original natural glory. After the high point, the trail begins to descend for the first time, and ends at a trail/road. Turn left to continue the descent to find the Tri-State Corner Knob, the terminus (at least at one time) of this trail.

When visited in October of 2015, the hike was an enjoyable day of near complete solitude. The only encounter was a couple in a truck near the trail terminus. Unexpectedly we found the trees to be in the early stages of changing colors to the south and west, and found only bare trees to the north and east. Regardless, the day of fresh air, views, and exercise was more than enough to make this a great trail to visit, that you should consider as well.

  • Triangulation Disk at TN-VA-NC Corner

  • View of the trail

  • Whitetop and Mt Rogers

Contribute

Yes! We would love your help! No, you don't need to be a computer wizard to do it.

How can you help?

  • Send me an email to
    • Say you have found this site useful - really that's it, I/We love to find out it's useful to others!
    • Request information that would help to plan for a hike
    • Provide information that we have missing that you know about
  • Edit a page
    • It's easy! It's just text
    • It's foolproof! All edits are saved, you cannot mess it up (permanently)
    • Just hit 'Edit' on the upper right and just start writing. More experienced editors will likely come along and apply any needed tweaks
    • We'd rather have information added that messes up a page than to have no contribution at all

Recent major updates - August 2020

  • Trail pages now show recent logs and other nearby trails
  • Hike logging nearly complete - user analysis tools would be neat
  • Trail and Park page conversion on the last third
  • Trail and Park lists are now possible - tag your pages as you please and see those lists
  • Other possibilities going forward
    • Logging maintenance needs including pins of exact locations and status
    • Rating trails
  • Content
    • A lot of parks are being added due to ease of using forms and adding trail stubs.
    • Now we just need to get out to them and detail those trails!
    • Crossed over 400 trails referenced - Over 900 miles of trail documented
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