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Bootleggers Run–Juice, 4 sights

1.9 mi · ▲ 613 ft · 56 min

Bootleggers Run–Juice, 4 sights is a 1.9-mile out-and-back near Bethel, TN. It climbs 613 ft, with sections as steep as 32% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 30/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi1,076 – 1,621 ft · steepest grade: 32%2.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Townsend Trail 35.67678, -83.71981
Nearest town Bethel, TN
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Bootleggers Run–Juice, 4 sights

1.9 mi · ▲ 613 ft · 56 min

Elevation 1,076–1,622 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Townsend Trail · 35.67678, -83.71981

Weather Sep 4: Mostly clear, high 96°F / low 77° · precip 3% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 7:10 AM · sunset 8:00 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 0.2 miContinue straight onto TN Trot Access, heading E.
  3. 500 ftContinue straight onto Copperhead, heading E.
  4. 100 ftContinue straight onto Honey Barrel, heading NE.
  5. 50 ftBear right onto Copperhead, heading NE.
  6. 150 ftContinue straight onto Link & Pin, heading E.
  7. 50 ftSharp left onto Bootleggers Run, heading E.
  8. 0.1 miSharp left onto Rattler, heading N.
  9. 50 ftSharp right onto Bootleggers Run, heading N.
  10. 50 ftSharp left onto Rattler, heading N.
  11. 0.2 miBear right onto Saddle Up, heading NE.
  12. 0.2 miTurn right onto Juice, heading SW.
  13. 50 ftSharp left onto White Lightning, heading SW.
  14. 150 ftContinue straight onto Saddle Up, heading NE.
  15. 300 ftContinue straight onto White Lightning, heading E.
  16. 0.3 miContinue straight onto TN Trot, heading N.
  17. 450 ftContinue straight onto Rattler, heading S.
  18. 50 ftContinue straight onto TN Trot, heading S.
  19. 100 ftContinue straight onto Rattler, heading S.
  20. 450 ftTurn right onto Bootleggers Run, heading SW.
  21. 100 ftContinue straight onto Link & Pin, heading SW.
  22. 50 ftSharp left onto Giddy Up, heading SW.
  23. 350 ftContinue straight onto Honey Barrel, heading SW.
  24. 50 ftSharp left onto Copperhead, heading SW.
  25. 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
  26. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  27. 0.1 miTurn left onto Vee Hollow Access Trail, heading SW.
  28. 0.2 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/bootleggers-run-out-back

Trail surface

89% dirt11% unspecified

Weather

Mostly clearTemperature 96°F77°
Feels like92°Precip3%Wind3 mphUV7Humidity62%
Hourly temperature
100°75°
Sunrise 7:10 AM12 AM3 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:00 PM
Sat 98°78° 24%
Sun 90°72° 25%
Mon 83°70° 46%
Tue 88°68°
Wed 90°69°
Thu 92°72° 28%

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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