Old Dug Trail

File:Placeholder.jpg Trail Name Old Dug Trail Park Cherokee National Forest Nearest City Elizabethton State Tennessee Trail Marking Yellow Blaze Trail Use/Features Difficulty Rating Medium Hiking Time 3 Hours0.188 Days <br />180 Min <br /> Distance: round-trip/trail only 4.2 Mi6.759 km <br /> / 2.1 Mi3.38 km <br /> Trail Type In-and-Out Climb/Descent Elevation 660 Feet201.168 Meters <br /> / High Point 2,960 Feet986.667 Yards <br />902.208 Meters <br /> Parking 36° 25' 24.00" N, 82° 10' 43.86" W Nearest Medical Elizabethton 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":36.4233329999999995152393239550292491912841796875,"lon":-82.1788499999999970668795867823064327239990234375,"icon":""}]} Show Large Map

Trail Overview

A hike up the west side of Holston Mountain to overlook. Not a routinely maintained USFS trail.

How to get there

From Kingsport, TN:

1. Take I-26 south to Exit 24 for US-321 towards Elizabethton.
2. Continue through Elizabethton.
3. Take left (north) onto US-19E.
4. Turn right (east) onto Flatwoods Road.
5. After a couple of miles the rough road becomes Big Creek Road.
6. Parking lot is on left (north) side of the road. Trail is across roadway heading to the east.

Route Description

Miles	Feature	Elevation
0.0 miles	Parking Area	2,300 feet
0.4 miles	Intersection with FS road	2,366 feet
0.75 miles	Continue heading up	2,360 feet
2.1 miles	Overlook	2,960 feet

Typical Conditions

Trail is not being actively maintained by the USFS. A faint path to old logging road.

Fees, Permits, etc.

Located in Cherokee National Forest. No fee to hike the trail.

Maps

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