Seven Islands State Birding Park
Hickory Ridge Loop Trail & Seclusion Bend Trail
6.7 mi · ▲ 375 ft · 2 hr 25 min
Hickory Ridge Loop Trail & Seclusion Bend Trail is a 6.7-mile out-and-back in Seven Islands State Birding Park near Seven Islands, TN. It climbs 375 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade, and is mostly grass. It scores 52/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Hickory Ridge Loop Trail & Seclusion Bend Trail
6.7 mi · ▲ 375 ft · 2 hr 25 min
Elevation 846–1,096 ft
Out & Back · Seven Islands State Birding Park
Trailhead: 35.95283, -83.68442
Weather Sep 4: Partly cloudy, high 97°F / low 72° · precip 5% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 7:10 AM · sunset 8:00 PM
- Start on Seclusion Bend Trail, heading SE.
- 1.2 miBear right, heading SW.
- 0.7 miTurn right onto Seven Islands Loop Trail, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Bobwhite Accessible Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Hickory Ridge Loop Trail, heading NE.
- 0.8 miReach Seclusion Bend Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.8 miTurn left onto Bobwhite Accessible Trail, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Seven Islands Loop Trail, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Seclusion Bend Trail, heading SW.
- 1.9 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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More from this trailhead
- Seclusion Bend Trail 4.3 mi · ▲ 57 ft
- Bobwhite Accessible Trail–Seclusion Bend Trail, 3 sights 5.1 mi · ▲ 85 ft
- Island Loop Trail & Seclusion Bend Trail 5.3 mi · ▲ 57 ft
- Upland Trail Inner Viewpoint–Seclusion Bend Trail, 3 sights 5.5 mi · ▲ 268 ft
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