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Cummins Branch Road & Lone Pine Gap via Paint Mountain Trail

13.3 mi · ▲ 2,713 ft · 5 hr 47 min

Cummins Branch Road & Lone Pine Gap via Paint Mountain Trail is a 13.3-mile out-and-back near Houston Valley, TN. The route reaches Lone Pine Gap at the turnaround, 6.6 miles in. It climbs 2,713 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 64/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi1,214 – 2,641 ft · steepest grade: 17%13.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Brush Creek Road 35.96505, -82.93661
Nearest town Houston Valley, TN
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Cummins Branch Road & Lone Pine Gap via Paint Mountain Trail

13.3 mi · ▲ 2,713 ft · 5 hr 47 min

Elevation 1,214–2,643 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Brush Creek Road · 35.96505, -82.93661

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 7:07 AM · sunset 7:57 PM

  1. Start on Brush Creek Road, heading S.
  2. 1.8 miBear left onto Weavers Bend Road, heading SE.
  3. 0.5 miSharp left onto Paint Mountain Trail, heading W.
  4. 2.7 miBear right onto Cummins Branch Road, heading NE.
  5. 50 ftBear left onto Paint Mountain Trail, heading NE.
  6. 1.6 miPass Lone Pine Gap.
  7. 350 ftReach Cummins Branch Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 1.7 miBear right onto Cummins Branch Road, heading SW.
  9. 50 ftBear left onto Paint Mountain Trail, heading SW.
  10. 2.7 miSharp right onto Weavers Bend Road, heading E.
  11. 0.5 miBear right onto Brush Creek Road, heading N.
  12. 1.7 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/cummins-branch-road-out-back

Trail surface

64% dirt25% paved11% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:07 AMSunset 7:57 PM

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