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== Trail Overview ==
== Trail Overview ==
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This is part of the [[Roan Mountain State Park]] trail system. If you're staying at the campground, this is a good way to spend an hour or two as it begins and ends at the campground check-in station. It hikes through the woods past large boulders then returns along Dolan Branch.
This is part of the [[Roan Mountain State Park]] trail system. If you're staying at the campground, this is a good way to spend an hour or two as it begins and ends at the campground check-in station. It hikes through the woods past large boulders then returns along the Doe River.
 
== How to get there ==
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From Johnson City (I-26 Exit 24):
From the [[Roan Mountain State Park|visitor's center]]:
#Take TN67/US321 over to Elizabethton (about eight miles).
#Continue south on TN143
#Turn right/south at traffic light for TN37/US19E/US321 and travel for 17 miles.
#Past the pool and tennis courts, turn right into the campground area
#Turn right/south for TN143 for five miles to park visitors center.
#Park at the shelter on your left before the campground station
#Trailheads are in several places around the park.
#Hike begins on the left just past the bridge on the campground road
GPS address is 1015 Hwy 143 Roan Mountain, TN 37687.


== Route Description==
== Route Description==

Revision as of 13:06, 24 October 2015

Roan Fred Behrend Memorial.jpg
Trail Name Fred Behrend
Park Roan Mountain State Park
Nearest City Roan Mountain
State Tennessee
Trail Marking Green
Trail Use/Features Dnr dog.png Dnr fishing.png Dnr hiking.png
Difficulty Rating Medium
Hiking Time 1.5 Hours0.0938 Days <br />90 Min <br />
Distance:
round-trip/trail only
2.26 Mi3.637 km <br /> / 2.26 Mi3.637 km <br />
Trail Type Loop
Climb/Descent Elevation 986 Ft300.533 Meters <br /> / -986 Ft-300.533 Meters <br />
High Point 3,264 Ft1,088 Yards <br />994.867 Meters <br />
Parking 36° 9' 33.15" N, 82° 5' 58.61" W
Trailhead 36° 9' 33.37" N, 82° 6' 1.22" W
Nearest Medical Elizabethton, TN
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Trail Overview

This is part of the Roan Mountain State Park trail system. If you're staying at the campground, this is a good way to spend an hour or two as it begins and ends at the campground check-in station. It hikes through the woods past large boulders then returns along the Doe River.

How to get there

From the visitor's center:

  1. Continue south on TN143
  2. Past the pool and tennis courts, turn right into the campground area
  3. Park at the shelter on your left before the campground station
  4. Hike begins on the left just past the bridge on the campground road

Route Description

A loop trail around the campgrounds.

Accessible from this trail is Riverside Trail.

Following a clockwise hike

Miles Out Fred Behrend Miles Back Elevation (ft)
0.0 Trail head at bridge near campground station 2.26 2,914
0.15 Some unmarked trail shortcuts 2.11 2,976
0.82 Cross trail road marked to campground 1.44 3,062
0.87 Stream bridge crossing 1.39 3,032
0.90 Pass campground access connection 1.36 3,034
1.20 Pass large rock 1.06 3,125
1.42 Trail high point 0.84 3,264
1.52 Pass large rock 0.74 3,139
1.87 Connect with Lakeside Trail 0.39 2,945
2.14 Stream bridge 0.12 2,923
2.22 Hike through old playground 0.04 2,920
2.26 Returned to start 0.00 2,914

Typical Conditions

Being a TN state park, the dirt and gravel trails are kept in good condition. Some of the trail sections are steep, thus can be slippery after a rain.

Fees, Permits, etc.

Misc. Information

Formally known was the Bearwallow Trail until renamed in honor of naturalist Fred Behrend

After the Hike

After a hike, check out Bob's Dairyland back down in Roan Mountain.

Maps

Fred Behrend Trail is shown below in its blaze color of green.

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