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Baker Creek Preserve

Best Medicine & Cottrell Greenway

2.3 mi · ▲ 110 ft · 49 min

Best Medicine & Cottrell Greenway is a 2.3-mile out-and-back in Baker Creek Preserve near Island Home, TN. It is mostly level, with 110 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 4/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi846 – 909 ft3.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Cottrell Greenway 35.95196, -83.89346
Nearest town Island Home, TN
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Best Medicine & Cottrell Greenway

2.3 mi · ▲ 110 ft · 49 min

Elevation 848–908 ft

Out & Back · Baker Creek Preserve

Trailhead: Cottrell Greenway · 35.95196, -83.89346

Weather Sep 4: Partly cloudy, high 96°F / low 72° · precip 7% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 7:11 AM · sunset 8:01 PM

Transit-accessible: Sevier Ave EB @ James McClung Ave In stop 76 m from the trailhead

  1. Start on UW Gateway Park Grenway, heading S.
  2. 0.6 miBear right, heading S.
  3. 50 ftTurn left onto Baker Creek Greenway, heading SE.
  4. 0.2 miBear right onto Red Bud Connector, heading S.
  5. 150 ftTurn right, heading E.
  6. 50 ftTurn left onto Baker Creek Greenway, heading E.
  7. 100 ftBear left, heading S.
  8. 50 ftBear left, heading S.
  9. 50 ftSharp right onto Sycamore Loop, heading S.
  10. 50 ftSharp left onto Devil's Racetrack, heading S.
  11. 50 ftContinue straight onto Sycamore Loop, heading S.
  12. 50 ftContinue straight onto Best Medicine, heading S.
  13. 50 ftBear right onto Sycamore Loop, heading S.
  14. 0.3 miReach Cottrell Greenway, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  15. 0.3 miBear left onto Best Medicine, heading E.
  16. 50 ftContinue straight onto Sycamore Loop, heading E.
  17. 50 ftContinue straight onto Devil's Racetrack, heading E.
  18. 50 ftSharp right onto Sycamore Loop, heading E.
  19. 50 ftSharp left, heading E.
  20. 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
  21. 50 ftBear right onto Baker Creek Greenway, heading NW.
  22. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  23. 50 ftTurn left onto Red Bud Connector, heading NW.
  24. 150 ftBear left onto Baker Creek Greenway, heading NW.
  25. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
  26. 50 ftBear left onto UW Gateway Park Grenway, heading NW.
  27. 0.5 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/best-medicine-cottrell-greenway-out-back

Trail surface

71% paved26% dirt3% gravel

Weather

Partly cloudyTemperature 96°F72°
Feels like92°Precip7%Wind3 mphUV7Humidity63%
Hourly temperature
100°70°
Sunrise 7:11 AM12 AM3 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:01 PM
Sat 100°75° 24%
Sun 93°73°
Mon 90°68° 20%
Tue 90°67°
Wed 92°67°
Thu 93°68° 24%

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.8 mi in (~20 min). Leave by 7:21 PM for the 8:01 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:35 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Sevier Ave EB @ James McClung Ave In stop 76 m from the trailhead

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