Paint Mountain Trail is a 10.4-mile out-and-back near Houston Valley, TN. It climbs 2,070 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade. It scores 77/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi1,214 – 2,556 ft · steepest grade: 17%10.5 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Brush Creek Road 35.96505, -82.93661
Nearest town Houston Valley, TN
Directions
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Paint Mountain Trail
10.4 mi · ▲ 2,070 ft · 4 hr 30 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
- Start on Brush Creek Road, heading S.
- 1.8 miBear left onto Weavers Bend Road, heading SE.
- 0.5 miSharp left onto Paint Mountain Trail, heading W.
- 2.5 miBear right onto Chimney Rocks Trail, heading SE.
- 0.4 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miBear left onto Paint Mountain Trail, heading NW.
- 2.5 miSharp right onto Weavers Bend Road, heading W.
- 0.5 miBear right onto Brush Creek Road, heading N.
- 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 surface
49% dirt32% paved19% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 7:07 AMSunset 7:57 PM
More from Brush Creek Road Trailhead
- Brush Creek Road 3.4 mi · ▲ 405 ft
- Brush Creek Road 4.7 mi · ▲ 433 ft
- Bar-B-Q Pit Road & Weavers Bend Road via Chimney Rocks Trail 8.8 mi · ▲ 967 ft
- Paint Mountain Trail 9.5 mi · ▲ 1,930 ft
- Paint Mountain Trail 9.9 mi · ▲ 1,989 ft
- Chimney Rocks Trail & Weavers Bend Road via Paint Mountain Trail 10.1 mi · ▲ 1,880 ft
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