Hickey Fork Sunset Point & Jones Meadow Access Trail via Appalachian Trail
4.1 mi · ▲ 574 ft · 1 hr 39 min
Hickey Fork Sunset Point & Jones Meadow Access Trail via Appalachian Trail is a 4.1-mile out-and-back near Bethany, TN. The route reaches Hickey Fork Sunset Point at the turnaround, 2.1 miles in. It climbs 574 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 79/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Hickey Fork Sunset Point & Jones Meadow Access Trail via Appalachian Trail
4.1 mi · ▲ 574 ft · 1 hr 39 min
Elevation 4,317–4,681 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.
- 1.7 miReach Hickey Fork Sunset Point, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.7 miBear right, heading NE.
- 450 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.
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- Little Firescald Knob–Baxter Cliff, 4 cliffs 2.4 mi · ▲ 538 ft
- Camp Creek Bald Road & Jones Meadow Access Trail via Appalachian Trail 2.9 mi · ▲ 375 ft
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