Camp Creek Bald Road & Jones Meadow Access Trail via Appalachian Trail
2.9 mi · ▲ 375 ft · 1 hr 9 min
Camp Creek Bald Road & Jones Meadow Access Trail via Appalachian Trail is a 2.9-mile out-and-back near Bethany, TN. It climbs 375 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 74/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Camp Creek Bald Road & Jones Meadow Access Trail via Appalachian Trail
2.9 mi · ▲ 375 ft · 1 hr 9 min
Elevation 4,317–4,510 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 36.03217, -82.70529
Weather Sep 4: Fog, high 78°F / low 63° · precip 6% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 7:06 AM · sunset 7:56 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Jones Meadow Access Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Appalachian Trail, heading S.
- 400 ftSharp right, heading S.
- 0.9 miTurn right onto Jones Meadow Trail, heading SW.
- 450 ftBear right onto Camp Creek Bald Road, heading N.
- 500 ftReach Jones Meadow Access Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 450 ftBear left onto Jones Meadow Trail, heading SW.
- 450 ftTurn left onto Appalachian Trail, heading S.
- 0.9 miBear right, heading E.
- 400 ftTurn left onto Jones Meadow Access Trail, heading NE.
- 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.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:36 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:56 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:22 PM.
More from this trailhead
- Little Firescald Knob–Baxter Cliff, 4 cliffs 2.4 mi · ▲ 538 ft
- Hickey Fork Sunset Point & Jones Meadow Access Trail via Appalachian Trail 4.1 mi · ▲ 574 ft
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