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Baker Creek Preserve

Best Medicine–Cruze Valley Run Downhill, 5 sights

2.3 mi · ▲ 731 ft · 1 hr 8 min

Best Medicine–Cruze Valley Run Downhill, 5 sights is a 2.3-mile out-and-back in Baker Creek Preserve near Whites Village, TN. It climbs 731 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 10/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi860 – 1,175 ft · steepest grade: 17%3.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Toll Road 35.94245, -83.87665
Nearest town Whites Village, TN
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Best Medicine–Cruze Valley Run Downhill, 5 sights

2.3 mi · ▲ 731 ft · 1 hr 8 min

Elevation 861–1,174 ft

Out & Back · Baker Creek Preserve

Trailhead: Toll Road · 35.94245, -83.87665

Weather Sep 6: sunrise 7:12 AM · sunset 7:58 PM

  1. Start on Toll Road, heading S.
  2. 0.1 miTurn right onto Giddy Up, heading SW.
  3. 50 ftTurn right onto Murphy's Law, heading W.
  4. 200 ftSharp right onto Giddy Up, heading W.
  5. 250 ftContinue straight onto Plan B, heading W.
  6. 50 ftContinue straight onto Giddy Up, heading W.
  7. 50 ftBear left onto Toll Road, heading W.
  8. 50 ftContinue straight onto Party In The Woods, heading W.
  9. 50 ftContinue straight onto Red Bud Crest, heading SW.
  10. 0.2 miBear right, heading W.
  11. 150 ftContinue straight onto Barn Burner Downhill, heading W.
  12. 300 ftContinue straight onto Cruze Valley Run Downhill, heading NW.
  13. 450 ftContinue straight onto Red Bud Crest, heading NE.
  14. 50 ftContinue straight onto Cruze Valley Run Downhill, heading NE.
  15. 50 ftBear right onto Red Bud Crest, heading NW.
  16. 50 ftSharp left onto Cruze Valley Run Downhill, heading NW.
  17. 0.3 miSharp right onto Red Bud Crest, heading NW.
  18. 50 ftContinue straight onto Red Bud Connector, heading NW.
  19. 50 ftSharp left, heading W.
  20. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  21. 50 ftBear left, heading S.
  22. 50 ftSharp right onto Sycamore Loop, heading S.
  23. 50 ftSharp left onto Devil's Racetrack, heading S.
  24. 100 ftTurn left onto Best Medicine, heading NW.
  25. 250 ftContinue straight onto Papi's Way, heading NW.
  26. 0.2 miBear right onto Devil's Racetrack, heading SW.
  27. 50 ftBear right onto Devil's Racetrack Rock Garden, heading SW.
  28. 150 ftBear left onto Devil's Racetrack, heading S.
  29. 150 ftReach Red Bud Crest, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  30. 100 ftBear right onto Devil's Racetrack Rock Garden, heading NW.
  31. 150 ftBear left onto Devil's Racetrack, heading NW.
  32. 50 ftBear left onto Papi's Way, heading NW.
  33. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Best Medicine, heading SE.
  34. 200 ftTurn right onto Devil's Racetrack, heading SE.
  35. 150 ftSharp right onto Sycamore Loop, heading SE.
  36. 50 ftSharp left, heading SE.
  37. 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
  38. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  39. 50 ftSharp right onto Red Bud Connector, heading S.
  40. 50 ftContinue straight onto Red Bud Crest, heading SE.
  41. 50 ftSharp left onto Cruze Valley Run Downhill, heading SE.
  42. 0.3 miSharp right onto Red Bud Crest, heading S.
  43. 100 ftBear left onto Cruze Valley Run Downhill, heading SE.
  44. 50 ftContinue straight onto Red Bud Crest, heading W.
  45. 50 ftContinue straight onto Cruze Valley Run Downhill, heading W.
  46. 500 ftContinue straight onto Barn Burner Downhill, heading W.
  47. 300 ftContinue straight onto Red Bud Crest, heading NE.
  48. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Party In The Woods, heading NW.
  49. 50 ftContinue straight onto Toll Road, heading NW.
  50. 50 ftBear right onto Giddy Up, heading NW.
  51. 50 ftContinue straight onto Plan B, heading NW.
  52. 50 ftContinue straight onto Giddy Up, heading NW.
  53. 250 ftSharp left onto Murphy's Law, heading NW.
  54. 250 ftTurn left onto Giddy Up, heading NW.
  55. 50 ftTurn left onto Toll Road, heading NW.
  56. 50 ftArrive 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-cruze-valley-run-downhill-out-back-5-sights

Trail surface

63% dirt27% gravel10% paved

Weather

Sunrise 7:12 AMSunset 7:58 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.7 mi in (~24 min). Leave by 7:14 PM for the 7:58 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:35 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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