Birchfield Camp Trail & Higgins Creek Trail
7.5 mi · ▲ 2,064 ft · 3 hr 32 min
Birchfield Camp Trail & Higgins Creek Trail is a 7.5-mile out-and-back near Ernestville, TN. It climbs 2,064 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade. It scores 87/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Birchfield Camp Trail & Higgins Creek Trail
7.5 mi · ▲ 2,064 ft · 3 hr 32 min
Elevation 2,266–4,254 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Lower Higgins Creek Road · 36.08613, -82.52033
Weather Sep 4: Rain, high 89°F / low 69° · precip 8% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 7:05 AM · sunset 7:55 PM
- Start on Lower Higgins Creek Road, heading SW.
- 1.8 miContinue straight onto Higgins Creek Trail, heading SW.
- 200 ftBear right, heading W.
- 0.1 miReach Birchfield Camp Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.9 miSharp right, heading W.
- 450 ftSharp right, heading NE.
- 1.2 miBear left, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Birchfield Camp Trail, heading SE.
- 1.2 miContinue straight onto Lower Higgins Creek Road, heading NE.
- 1 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.9 mi in (~76 min). Leave by 6:19 PM for the 7:55 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:56 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
More from Lower Higgins Creek Road Trailhead
- Higgins Creek Trail 2 mi · ▲ 559 ft
- Higgins Creek Trail 3.9 mi · ▲ 1,067 ft
- Birchfield Camp Trail via Higgins Creek Trail 4.4 mi · ▲ 1,698 ft
- Rich Mountain Road via Higgins Creek Trail 8.6 mi · ▲ 1,581 ft
- Longarm Trail 11.8 mi · ▲ 2,659 ft
- Birchfield Camp Trail 11.9 mi · ▲ 3,372 ft
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