Lamar Alexander Rocky Fork State Park
Birchfield Camp Trail–Rocky Fork Trail, 3 sights
11.1 mi · ▲ 2,276 ft · 4 hr 50 min
Birchfield Camp Trail–Rocky Fork Trail, 3 sights is an 11.1-mile out-and-back in Lamar Alexander Rocky Fork State Park near Rocky Fork, TN. It climbs 2,276 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade. It scores 83/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Birchfield Camp Trail–Rocky Fork Trail, 3 sights
11.1 mi · ▲ 2,276 ft · 4 hr 50 min
Elevation 2,384–4,280 ft
Out & Back · Lamar Alexander Rocky Fork State Park
Trailhead: Rocky Fork Trail · 36.04771, -82.55920
Weather Sep 4: Light drizzle, high 89°F / low 69° · precip 8% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 7:05 AM · sunset 7:55 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Rocky Fork Trail, heading W.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto White Oak Flats Trail, heading NW.
- 1.3 miContinue straight onto Birchfield Camp Trail, heading NE.
- 2.7 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.8 miBear left, heading E.
- 0.3 miReach Rocky Fork Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading SW.
- 3.5 miContinue straight onto White Oak Flats Trail, heading SW.
- 1.3 miContinue straight onto Rocky Fork Trail, heading SE.
- 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.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 4.1 mi in (~157 min). Leave by 4:58 PM for the 7:55 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:50 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Rocky Fork Trail Trailhead
- Whitehouse Cliffs & Whitehouse Cliffs Trail 1.9 mi · ▲ 933 ft
- Rocky Fork Trail & White Oak Flats Trail 3.6 mi · ▲ 614 ft
- Blockstand Creek Access Trail–Flint Creek Trail, 3 sights 4.9 mi · ▲ 941 ft
- Flint Gap–Blockstand Creek Access Trail Loop, 6 sights 14.1 mi · ▲ 2,568 ft
- Big Butt–Sarvis Cove Sunset Point, 7 sights 14.2 mi · ▲ 2,768 ft
- Blockstand Creek Access Trail–Flint Creek Trail, 4 sights 14.7 mi · ▲ 2,693 ft
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