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                    | Image Name = GrassyRidge_View.jpg
                    | City = Roan Mountain
                    | State = Tennessee
                    | Trail Use = {{Hike}}{{Camping}}
                    | Difficulty Rating = Easy
                    | Hike Time = 4
                    | Distance = 5
                    | Elevation Gain = 650
                    | High Point = 6,160
                    | Latitude = 36.10625
                    | Longitude = -82.110183
                    | Medical = Elizabethton, TN
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36.10625,-82.110183,Grassy Ridge
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== Trail Overview ==
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Spur trail off AT above Carver's Gap.  Hike across balds by Catawba rhododendron (late June to September), pick huckleberries (August to mid-September), see the goats (July thru September), and reach the natural 360˚ view on the summit.
 
== How to get there ==
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From Kingsport, TN
#Take I-26 south to Exit 24 for US-321/TN-67 toward Elizabethton.
#Continue through Elizabethton and right at traffic light to stay on US-321 South. 
#At Hampton, stay on US19E as it veers right.
#At Roan Mountain, turn right (south) onto TN143.
#Travel 13 miles to the TN/NC border and park at Carver's Gap.
(Alternatively at Steps 2-3, once just inside Elizabethton city limits, turn right on TN-362, then right again and follow Gap Creek Rd for 8 miles to US19E, thus bypassing around Elizabethton and Hampton.)
 
== Route Description==
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From Carver's Gap, take AT northbound up and over the balds.  (Stay on the trail path!) At roughly two miles along the AT, a junction sign will show the spur trail up to Grassy Ridge, which climbs up an established rut (which can become a creek in the rain).  Reach the rock outcropping at the summit.  Read the dedication plaque to Cornelious Rex Peake.  Have lunch.  And then return by reverse route.
 
== Typical Conditions ==
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From path from the trailhead over a couple of the balds has been specifically routed and hardened using gravel on geotextile.  Stay on this path to avoid damage to the fragile landscape.  Accessible year-around, thus can be snow covered trail in winter to summer rainshowers.  High enough elevation to sometimes be "up in the clouds" as mist passed up and over the gap. 
 
==Fees, Permits, etc. ==
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No permits or fees.
 
== After the Hike ==
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Ice cream at Bob's Dairyland back down in Roan Mountain, TN - yum.
 
== Misc. Information ==
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Baa-tany Goat Project [http://friendsofroanmtn.org/goat%20project/goat%20project.html FoRM link]
 
Grassy Ridge is one of the [http://www.carolinamountainclub.org/index.cfm/do/pages.view/id/190/page/SB6K-RoanMts South Beyond 6000] peaks.
 
== Maps ==
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(A) 36.10625,-82.110183
Parking at Carver's Gap
(G) 36.1001,-82.080883
Grassy Ridge
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== Photos ==
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Image:View_from_GrassyRidge.jpg|View back the way you came
Image:Cornelious_Rex_Peake.jpg|Plaque dedicated to Cornelious Rex Peake
Image:GrassyRidgePano2.jpg|Panorama of the southern end of Grassy Ridge
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[[Category:Tennessee]] [[Category:Overlook]] [[Category:Easy]] [[Category:Hiking]]  [[Category:Dog Friendly]]

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