Rail-Trail
State: VA Length: 7 miles Surface: Dirt
The Devils Fork Loop Trail provides an impressively beautiful route through an old-growth hemlock and rhododendron forest. The trail is extremely challenging, with as many as 18 stream crossings (at the height of the winter thaw), a 1,200-foot ...
State: TN Length: 4 miles Surface: Asphalt
The Erwin Linear Trail (a.k.a. the Erwin Greenway) parallels I-26 along North Indian Creek and Nolichucky waterways for 4 miles. The trail is paved and mostly flat, coursing through the Cherokee National Forest northwest of Banner Hill. It ...
State: VA Length: 5.8 miles Surface: Crushed Stone
The Guest River Gorge Trail meanders along ancient sandstone cliffs that plunges 400 feet to the pristine waters below. The deep gorge was created as the Guest River, now designated as a state scenic river, tunneled through Stone Mountain on ...
State: TN Length: 2 miles Surface: Asphalt
The Holston River Greenway is one of many in Knoxville's greenway system scattered throughout the city. This 2-mile greenway is in Holston River Park and traverses through oak and beech forest, crossing an abandoned rail line and connecting ...
State: TN Length: 8 miles Surface: Asphalt
The Kingsport Greenbelt runs 8 miles along the Holston River and Reedy Creek through the city of Kingsport. It is touted as both a historic and fitness trail, passing by Civil War sites, historic homes, landmarks, and bridges and other sites ...
State: VA Length: 2.8 miles Surface: Dirt
If you're looking for an easy trip, the Little Stony National Recreation Trail in Jefferson National Forest is the perfect alternative to the nearby Devils Fork Loop. Devils Fork Loop is gorgeous, but it includes a strenuous and often wet climb. ...
State: TN Length: 10 miles Surface:
From Tweetsie Trail Association website: It combines all of these aspects and provides an alternative transportation route to walking to school, bike commuting to work or shopping for groceries, getting out for a little fresh air in a safe ...
State: TN Length: 0.8 miles Surface: Asphalt
The Wes Davis Greenway follows a portion of abandoned rail line that once ran from Bluff City, TN, to Mendota, VA. The greenway crosses Beaver Creek at two points. This linear park features the partially restored Pullman "Bristol" car, which ...
State: VA Length: 8.5 miles Surface: Crushed Stone
History runs deep along the Wilderness Road Trail, which roughly follows a path carved by Daniel Boone in April 1775. The path later became a route on the Louisville and Nashville Railroad before finally being converted to a rail-trail that ...