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100 Proof–Bootleggers Run, 3 sights

6.8 mi · ▲ 677 ft · 2 hr 36 min

100 Proof–Bootleggers Run, 3 sights is a 6.8-mile out-and-back near Tuckaleechee, TN. It climbs 677 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade, and is mostly paved. It scores 3/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi1,037 – 1,726 ft · steepest grade: 21%7.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Townsend Trail 35.67534, -83.76628
Nearest town Tuckaleechee, TN
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100 Proof–Bootleggers Run, 3 sights

6.8 mi · ▲ 677 ft · 2 hr 36 min

Elevation 1,036–1,726 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Townsend Trail · 35.67534, -83.76628

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 7:11 AM · sunset 7:59 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Townsend Trail, heading SE.
  2. 0.7 miTurn left, heading NW.
  3. 2.2 miContinue straight onto TN Trot Access, heading NE.
  4. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Copperhead, heading SE.
  5. 50 ftContinue straight onto Honey Barrel, heading SE.
  6. 50 ftBear right onto Copperhead, heading SE.
  7. 150 ftContinue straight onto Link & Pin, heading NE.
  8. 50 ftContinue straight onto Bootleggers Run, heading E.
  9. 100 ftTurn left onto Rattler, heading E.
  10. 250 ftContinue straight onto Bootleggers Run, heading E.
  11. 150 ftSharp left onto Rattler, heading SE.
  12. 50 ftSharp right onto Bootleggers Run, heading E.
  13. 50 ftSharp left onto Rattler, heading E.
  14. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Bootleggers Run, heading NE.
  15. 150 ftContinue straight onto 100 Proof, heading E.
  16. 50 ftBear right onto Bootleggers Run, heading E.
  17. 50 ftReach Bootleggers Run, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  18. 50 ftBear left onto 100 Proof, heading E.
  19. 50 ftContinue straight onto Bootleggers Run, heading E.
  20. 150 ftContinue straight onto Rattler, heading NE.
  21. 0.2 miSharp right onto Bootleggers Run, heading W.
  22. 50 ftSharp left onto Rattler, heading W.
  23. 50 ftSharp right onto Bootleggers Run, heading W.
  24. 200 ftContinue straight onto Rattler, heading NW.
  25. 250 ftTurn right onto Bootleggers Run, heading SE.
  26. 50 ftContinue straight onto Link & Pin, heading E.
  27. 50 ftContinue straight onto Copperhead, heading E.
  28. 150 ftBear left onto Honey Barrel, heading E.
  29. 50 ftContinue straight onto Copperhead, heading E.
  30. 50 ftContinue straight onto TN Trot Access, heading E.
  31. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Vee Hollow Access Trail, heading N.
  32. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Townsend Trail, heading SE.
  33. 2 miTurn left, heading W.
  34. 0.7 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/100-proof-bootleggers-run-out-back-3-sights-11-km

Trail surface

78% paved19% dirt3% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:11 AMSunset 7:59 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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