I just moved south to Nashville and the wife wants to explore local the area. Any good places within a few hours to hike and Hang in the back country? I've had a trip to the Smokies so far but we would like to keep the travel a little shorter and want to take our 6 yr old out. Thanks in advance.
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Depending on what you mean by "back country," Nashville is in the middle of a TON of good back country camping. Do you merely mean to avoid car camping spots?
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Oh, heck yes. East of Nashville is Savage Gulf, Frozen Head, Fiery Gizzard, Big South Fork, etc. These are all roughly 2 - 2.5 hours away and some beautiful hiking areas.
Yeah, you are going to be busy exploring all there is to offer around Nashville. One site I can recommend is Cloudhiking.com, though it hasn't been updated in a while the guy that runs it is local and a pretty good cartographer as well, so his maps and trail logs are really awesome.Originally Posted by TrailSlug
Welcome to the area! My little ones really like Stone Door, that's a nice one south of you and there are loads of trees to hang from.
You can get to the Fiery Gizzard in about an hour. It's the nearest fun hiking I can think of.
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Check out the Cumberland Trail too. Some of the segments have some really great campsites
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Well car camping is ok provided there are trees for 2-3 hammocks. But mainly I'm looking for spots where you can hike in a little and can camp legally either in a site or wherever.
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Welcome to TN. Just about all the places mentioned above you can chose anything from driving up to days of hiking. Savage Gulf would be a good place to start.
I completely concur if you start with the ridge trails. The valley trails are a different story. The Stone Door ranger station area has a camp ground within a very short hike and then a day hike out to Stone Door would be a great place to start. This is a beautiful area.
At savage gulf in the stone door side there is a hike about 3 miles from the ranger station that is pretty level and goes to a camping area that you can hang every 15 feet. Also, look at virgin falls which is a great hike and place to hang.
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