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| | Image Name = GrassyRidge_View.jpg
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| | City = Roan Mountain
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| | State = Tennessee
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| | Trail Use = {{Hike}}{{Camping}}
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| | Difficulty Rating = Easy
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| | Hike Time = 4
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| | Distance = 5
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| | Elevation Gain = 650
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| | High Point = 6,160
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| | Latitude = 36.10625
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| | Longitude = -82.110183
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| | 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.
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| == How to get there ==
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| From Kingsport, TN
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| #Take I-26 south to Exit 24 for US-321/TN-67 toward Elizabethton.
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| #Continue through Elizabethton and right at traffic light to stay on US-321 South.
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| #At Hampton, stay on US19E as it veers right.
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| #At Roan Mountain, turn right (south) onto TN143.
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| #Travel 13 miles to the TN/NC border and park at Carver's Gap.
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| (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.)
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| == 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.
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| == 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.
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| ==Fees, Permits, etc. ==
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| No permits or fees.
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| == After the Hike ==
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| Ice cream at Bob's Dairyland back down in Roan Mountain, TN - yum.
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| == Misc. Information ==
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| Baa-tany Goat Project [http://friendsofroanmtn.org/goat%20project/goat%20project.html FoRM link]
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| Grassy Ridge is one of the [http://www.carolinamountainclub.org/index.cfm/do/pages.view/id/190/page/SB6K-RoanMts South Beyond 6000] peaks.
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| == Maps ==
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| <googlemap version="0.9" lat="36.10625" lon="-82.10" type="terrain" zoom="14" width="700" scale="yes" icons="http://tehcc.org/clubwiki/kml/marker{label}.png">
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| (A) 36.10625,-82.110183
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| Parking at Carver's Gap
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| (G) 36.1001,-82.080883
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| Grassy Ridge
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| == Photos ==
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| Image:View_from_GrassyRidge.jpg|View back the way you came
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| Image:Cornelious_Rex_Peake.jpg|Plaque dedicated to Cornelious Rex Peake
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| 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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It's good to get a fresh way of looikng at it.