Ridge Top (Roan Mountain State Park)

Trail Name Ridge Top (Roan Mountain State Park) Park Roan Mountain State Park Nearest City Roan Mountain State Tennessee Trail Marking Yellow Trail Use/Features Difficulty Rating Medium Hiking Time 15 Min0.25 Hours <br />0.0156 Days <br /> Distance: round-trip/trail only 0.5 Mi0.805 km <br /> / 1,584 Ft0.3 Mi <br />0.483 km <br /> Trail Type Segment Climb/Descent Elevation 418 Ft127.406 Meters <br /> / -250 Ft-76.2 Meters <br /> High Point 3,205 Ft1,068.333 Yards <br />976.884 Meters <br /> Parking 36° 10' 4.32" N, 82° 5' 49.07" W Trailhead 36° 10' 2.70" N, 82° 5' 55.69" 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":36.16786599999999651799953426234424114227294921875,"lon":-82.0969649999999973033482092432677745819091796875,"icon":""}]} Show Large Map

Trail Overview

This is part of the Roan Mountain State Park trail system and along with Blue 2 constitutes the Mountain Bike Trails of Roan Mountain State Park

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 short alternate option of riding around the mountain bike trails.

Accessible from this trail is Blue 2.

Typical Conditions

The trails are fairly well maintained and blazed fairly clearly with the exception of the Ridge Top connector. As I now recall, it may have been blazed blue as well.

Maps

Ridge Top is shown in yellow. Blue 2 shown in its blaze color light blue (similar to waterways on map). Blue 2 shown in its blaze color light blue (similar to waterways on map) for reference.

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Photos

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  Trail head sign