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trips - John Muir Trail, TNTrip Info
DescriptionNamed for naturalist and conservationist John Muir (1838_1914), this is one of Tennessee's State Scenic Trails, which, when completed, will extend from Pickett State Park on the Cumberland Plateau to the Appalachian Trail in the southern part of the Cherokee National Forest. At the present time, right-of-way problems stand in the way of connecting the widely separated segments. The trail commemorates the 1867 hike through the plateau by Muir, a conservationist and founder and president of the Sierra Club until his death in 1914. The western portion of the John Muir Trail (JMT) begins at the Hidden Passage trailhead in Pickett CCC Memorial State Park and follows Thompson Creek to a junction with the Sheltowee Trace National Recreation Trail near the Kentucky state line. JMT turns south, then west, back to the southeast, and eventually reaches the Big South Fork River. It follows the river to the Leatherwood Ford Bridge where a short section of the JMT is handicapped accessible. The JMT continues to the old O&W Bridge where it stops until construction is completed. An additional segment to Honey Creek has been partially staked but is not completed at this writing. An 18-mile southern portion of the trail is in the Cherokee National Forest near the Hiwassee State Scenic River. · Directions: The eastern trailhead is at Leatherwood Ford bridge on TN 297, or the western trailhead is in Pickett CCC Memorial State Park at the Hidden Passage Trail trailhead located 0.3 mile north of the park on TN 154 on the eastern side of the road. · Trail: 42 miles, one-way. · Elevation: Change, 500 feet. · Degree of Difficulty: Moderate. · Surface and blaze: Rock and forest floor. JMT blue blaze.
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Picture Albums Map of Trail Route, (1 pics) - Randall
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