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Bootleggers Run & Rattler via Townsend Trail

4.9 mi · ▲ 270 ft · 1 hr 46 min

Bootleggers Run & Rattler via Townsend Trail is a 4.9-mile out-and-back near Townsend, TN. It climbs 270 ft, with sections as steep as 27% grade, and is mostly paved. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi1,053 – 1,270 ft · steepest grade: 27%5.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Townsend Trail 35.67639, -83.75398
Nearest town Townsend, TN
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Bootleggers Run & Rattler via Townsend Trail

4.9 mi · ▲ 270 ft · 1 hr 46 min

Elevation 1,052–1,270 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Townsend Trail · 35.67639, -83.75398

Weather Sep 4: Mostly clear, high 97°F / low 74° · precip 3% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 7:10 AM · sunset 8:00 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 100 ftTurn right onto Townsend Trail, heading E.
  3. 2.2 miContinue straight onto TN Trot Access, heading NE.
  4. 500 ftContinue straight onto Copperhead, heading SE.
  5. 50 ftContinue straight onto Honey Barrel, heading SE.
  6. 50 ftBear right onto Copperhead, heading SE.
  7. 150 ftContinue straight onto Link & Pin, heading NE.
  8. 50 ftContinue straight onto Bootleggers Run, heading E.
  9. 100 ftTurn left onto Rattler, heading E.
  10. 450 ftContinue straight onto TN Trot, heading E.
  11. 100 ftContinue straight onto Rattler, heading NE.
  12. 50 ftReach Bootleggers Run, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  13. 50 ftContinue straight onto TN Trot, heading NE.
  14. 100 ftContinue straight onto Rattler, heading NE.
  15. 450 ftTurn right onto Bootleggers Run, heading NE.
  16. 100 ftContinue straight onto Link & Pin, heading NE.
  17. 50 ftContinue straight onto Copperhead, heading NE.
  18. 150 ftBear left onto Honey Barrel, heading NE.
  19. 50 ftContinue straight onto Copperhead, heading N.
  20. 50 ftContinue straight onto TN Trot Access, heading SW.
  21. 500 ftContinue straight onto Vee Hollow Access Trail, heading W.
  22. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Townsend Trail, heading W.
  23. 2 miTurn left, heading W.
  24. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/bootleggers-run-rattler-out-back-8-km

Trail surface

80% paved16% dirt4% unspecified

Weather

Mostly clearTemperature 97°F74°
Feels like91°Precip3%Wind3 mphUV7Humidity60%
Hourly temperature
100°70°
Sunrise 7:10 AM12 AM3 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:00 PM
Sat 99°77° 24%
Sun 91°72° 23%
Mon 85°69° 45%
Tue 89°67°
Wed 90°68°
Thu 93°71° 28%

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