Fred Behrend

File:Placeholder.gif Trail Name Fred Behrend Park Roan Mountain State Park Nearest City Roan Mountain State Tennessee Trail Marking Green Trail Use/Features Difficulty Rating Medium Hiking Time 1 Hour0.0625 Days <br />60 Min <br /> Distance: round-trip/trail only 2.27 Mi3.653 km <br /> / 2.27 Mi3.653 km <br /> Trail Type Loop Climb/Descent Elevation 1,005 Ft306.324 Meters <br /> / -1,005 Ft-306.324 Meters <br /> High Point 3,241 Ft1,080.333 Yards <br />987.857 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 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":36.15920799999999957208274281583726406097412109375,"lon":-82.099615000000000009094947017729282379150390625,"icon":""}]} Show Large Map

Trail Overview

This is part of the Roan Mountain State Park trail system

How to get there

From Johnson City (I-26 Exit 24):

1. Take TN67/US321 over to Elizabethton (about eight miles).
2. Turn right/south at traffic light for TN37/US19E/US321 and travel for 17 miles.
3. Turn right/south for TN143 for five miles to park visitors center.
4. Trailheads are in several places around the park.

GPS address is 1015 Hwy 143 Roan Mountain, TN 37687.

Route Description

A loop trail around the campgrounds.

Accessible from this trail is Riverside Trail.

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.

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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