AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Paint Mountain Trail

9.5 mi · ▲ 1,930 ft · 4 hr 8 min

Paint Mountain Trail is a 9.5-mile out-and-back near Houston Valley, TN. It climbs 1,930 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade. It scores 76/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi1,214 – 2,556 ft · steepest grade: 20%9.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Brush Creek Road 35.96505, -82.93661
Nearest town Houston Valley, TN
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Paint Mountain Trail

9.5 mi · ▲ 1,930 ft · 4 hr 8 min

Elevation 1,214–2,555 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. 2.5 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  5. 2.5 miSharp right onto Weavers Bend Road, heading W.
  6. 0.5 miBear right onto Brush Creek Road, heading N.
  7. 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/paint-mountain-trail-out-back-15-km

Trail surface

53% dirt36% paved11% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:07 AMSunset 7:57 PM

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