Hampton Creek Cove State Natural Area

Trail Name Hampton Creek Cove State Natural Area Nearest City Roan Mountain State Tennessee Trail Marking Trail Use/Features Difficulty Rating Easy Hiking Time 33 Hours <br />0.188 Days <br />180 Min <br /> Distance, round-trip 5.55.5 mi <br />8.851 km <br /> Climb/Descent Elevation 550-1400"-1400" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property. / {{{Elevation Loss}}}"{{{Elevation Loss}}}" is not a number. High Point ~4600"~" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property. 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":36.1523830000000003792592906393110752105712890625,"lon":-82.055733000000003585228114388883113861083984375,"icon":""}]} Show Large Map

Trail Overview

Working farm with hiking trails leading into nice forests. Important bird-watching area.

How to get there

From Johnson City, TN

1. Head south on Roan Street for 3.5 miles passing under I-26.
2. Take left/east onto TN359/Okolona Road and travel 1.4 miles.
3. Take right/south onto TN361 over to US19E for nine miles. The road starts as Laurels Road, then Dry Creek Road and finally Gap Creek Road.
4. Travel US19E for ten miles to town of Roan Mountain.
5. Take right/south onto TN143.
6. Cross bridge and then take left/east onto Stratton Street.
7. Take right/south onto Old Highway 143/Sawdust Trail to Cloudland Elem School.
8. Turn left/east onto Hampton Creek Road and proceed three miles.
9. Parking area is on left/east side of road.

Route Description

There are currently three trails in the nature area. All begin from the parking lot by following the Overmountain Trail to common junction. Shell Hollow proceeds up a dirt road past a former homestead to become a loop up on Big Ridge. Birchfield Trail follows the western side of Left Prong creek until it rejoins the Overmountain Trail, which proceeds on the eastern side of the creek but continues up Yellow Mountain to intersection with the Appalachian Trail at the gap.

Trail	Miles	Blaze	Difficulty	Usage
Shell Hollow Trail	2.0 loop		Easy
Birchfield Trail	2.3		Easy
Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail to Yellow Mtn Gap/AT	3.6		Medium

Fees, Permits, etc.

No permit or fee. The nature area closes at dusk.

Misc. Information

Hampton Creek Cove is a 693-acre natural area. The official TN.gov Hampton Creek Cove webpage including map.

Maps

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