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Over Yonder & TN Trot via Townsend Trail

4.5 mi · ▲ 667 ft · 1 hr 50 min

Over Yonder & TN Trot via Townsend Trail is a 4.5-mile out-and-back near Bethel, TN. It climbs 667 ft, with sections as steep as 31% grade. It scores 4/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi1,063 – 1,719 ft · steepest grade: 31%5.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Townsend Trail 35.67882, -83.74280
Nearest town Bethel, TN
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Over Yonder & TN Trot via Townsend Trail

4.5 mi · ▲ 667 ft · 1 hr 50 min

Elevation 1,063–1,719 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Townsend Trail · 35.67882, -83.74280

Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 96°F / low 76° · precip 23% · wind 1 mph · sunrise 7:11 AM · sunset 7:58 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Townsend Trail, heading E.
  2. 1.5 miContinue straight onto TN Trot Access, heading NE.
  3. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Copperhead, heading SE.
  4. 50 ftBear left onto TN Trot Access, heading SE.
  5. 50 ftContinue straight onto Copperhead, heading SE.
  6. 50 ftSharp right onto Honey Barrel, heading SE.
  7. 50 ftContinue straight onto Giddy Up, heading SE.
  8. 250 ftBear left onto TN Trot Access, heading SE.
  9. 250 ftTurn left onto TN Trot, heading E.
  10. 0.1 miSharp right onto Over Yonder, heading NE.
  11. 0.3 miTurn right onto Bandsaw, heading SE.
  12. 50 ftSharp left onto Over Yonder, heading SE.
  13. 450 ftContinue straight onto Bandsaw, heading N.
  14. 100 ftContinue straight onto Over Yonder, heading NE.
  15. 150 ftTurn right onto Against the Grain, heading N.
  16. 50 ftReach TN Trot, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  17. 100 ftTurn left onto Over Yonder, heading N.
  18. 150 ftContinue straight onto Bandsaw, heading N.
  19. 100 ftContinue straight onto Over Yonder, heading SE.
  20. 450 ftSharp right onto Bandsaw, heading SE.
  21. 50 ftTurn left onto Over Yonder, heading SE.
  22. 0.3 miSharp left onto TN Trot, heading S.
  23. 500 ftTurn right onto TN Trot Access, heading E.
  24. 250 ftBear right onto Giddy Up, heading NW.
  25. 250 ftContinue straight onto Honey Barrel, heading SE.
  26. 50 ftSharp left onto Copperhead, heading SE.
  27. 50 ftContinue straight onto TN Trot Access, heading SE.
  28. 50 ftBear right onto Copperhead, heading SE.
  29. 50 ftContinue straight onto TN Trot Access, heading SE.
  30. 500 ftContinue straight onto Vee Hollow Access Trail, heading S.
  31. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Townsend Trail, heading W.
  32. 1.3 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/over-yonder-tn-trot-out-back-7-km-20ac

Trail surface

56% paved40% dirt4% unspecified

Weather

OvercastTemperature 96°F76°
Precip23%Wind1 mphUV7Humidity74%
Hourly temperatureRain chance
100°75° 5 AM: 2% rain6 AM: 1% rain7 AM: 1% rain8 AM: 1% rain9 AM: 1% rain10 AM: 2% rain11 AM: 3% rain12 PM: 2% rain1 PM: 2% rain2 PM: 4% rain3 PM: 7% rain4 PM: 12% rain5 PM: 12% rain6 PM: 21% rain7 PM: 15% rain8 PM: 23% rain9 PM: 21% rain10 PM: 19% rain11 PM: 12% rain
Sunrise 7:11 AM12 AM3 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 7:58 PM
Sun 92°72° 15%
Mon 86°69° 50%
Tue 88°68°
Wed 90°66°
Thu 92°71° 32%
Fri 83°69° 32%

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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