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Burnett Creek Easement

Chain Ring Loop Section 5–Lost Chromosome, 3 sights

2.4 mi · ▲ 86 ft · 51 min

Chain Ring Loop Section 5–Lost Chromosome, 3 sights is a 2.4-mile out-and-back in Burnett Creek Easement near Lake Forest, TN. It is mostly level, with 86 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 37/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi853 – 971 ft2.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Lost Chromosome 35.92916, -83.86637
Nearest town Lake Forest, TN
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Chain Ring Loop Section 5–Lost Chromosome, 3 sights

2.4 mi · ▲ 86 ft · 51 min

Elevation 854–971 ft

Out & Back · Burnett Creek Easement

Trailhead: Lost Chromosome · 35.92916, -83.86637

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 7:11 AM · sunset 7:59 PM

Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Lost Chromosome, heading E.
  2. 0.8 miTurn right onto Chain Ring Loop Section 1, heading E.
  3. 150 ftSharp left onto Chain Ring Loop Section 5, heading SE.
  4. 250 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  5. 200 ftTurn left onto AC⚡DC, heading SE.
  6. 0.3 miSharp right onto Chicken Coop, heading E.
  7. 50 ftContinue straight onto MCR, heading SE.
  8. 100 ftTurn left onto AC⚡DC, heading SE.
  9. 50 ftReach Lost Chromosome, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 50 ftTurn right onto MCR, heading SE.
  11. 100 ftContinue straight onto Chicken Coop, heading S.
  12. 50 ftSharp left onto AC⚡DC, heading SW.
  13. 0.3 miTurn right, heading NW.
  14. 250 ftTurn left onto Chain Ring Loop Section 5, heading W.
  15. 250 ftSharp right onto Chain Ring Loop Section 1, heading W.
  16. 150 ftTurn left onto Lost Chromosome, heading NW.
  17. 0.8 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/chain-ring-loop-section-5-out-back

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 7:11 AMSunset 7:59 PM

Good to know

  • Drinking water at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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