Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail

Trail Name Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail Nearest City Roan Mountain State Tennessee Trail Marking OVNHT icon Trail Use/Features Difficulty Rating Medium Hiking Time 55 Hours <br />0.313 Days <br />300 Min <br /> Distance, round-trip 7.57.5 mi <br />12.07 km <br /> Climb/Descent Elevation ~1600"~" 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

While the Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail stretches 330 miles, there are only a few segments that are not paved highway and open to the public. This page describes the 3.75 mile section located in the Hampton Creek Cove State Natural 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

From parking lot, initially proceed through open meadows and along the Left Prong of Hampton Creek. CLOSE any gates as you pass through since livestock is grazed in the area. Enter forest and continue up Yellow Mountain with significant climb. At 3.75 miles, reach Appalachian Trail. Desirable is to head another 0.2 miles to Overmountain shelter, which is an old barn. Return by same route or take Birchfield trail on the other side of the creek.

OVNHT continues into North Carolina for another 1.5 miles. A long shuttle could be arranged for an all day hike up and over the mountain. Alternatively, a shuttle at Carvers Gap would allow a just over ten mile hike on OVNHT and A.T.

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.

National Park Service website for OVMT

Maps

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