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Paint Rock–Cummins Branch Road Loop, 4 sights is a 5.4-mile loop near Lanceville, TN. The route reaches Paint Rock. It climbs 1,262 ft, with sections as steep as 28% grade. It scores 83/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi1,253 – 2,533 ft · steepest grade: 28%5.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Paint Mountain Road 35.94536, -82.89807
Nearest town Lanceville, TN

Directions

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Paint Rock–Cummins Branch Road Loop, 4 sights

5.4 mi · ▲ 1,262 ft · 2 hr 26 min

Elevation 1,254–2,532 ft

Loop

Trailhead: Paint Mountain Road · 35.94536, -82.89807

Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 92°F / low 71° · precip 9% · wind 1 mph · sunrise 7:07 AM · sunset 7:57 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Paint Mountain Road, heading E.
  2. 50 ftPass Paint Rock.
  3. 150 ftTurn left onto Paint Rock Trail, heading NW.
  4. 1.2 miTurn right onto Chimney Rocks Trail, heading W.
  5. 0.4 miTurn right onto Paint Mountain Trail, heading NE.
  6. 0.2 miBear right onto Cummins Branch Road, heading NE.
  7. 1.4 miSharp right onto Paint Mountain Road, heading NE.
  8. 2.2 miBear left onto Paint Rock Trail, heading SW.
  9. 100 ftTurn right onto Paint Mountain Road, heading S.
  10. 100 ftThe loop closes back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

14% dirt86% unspecified

Weather

OvercastTemperature 92°F71°
Precip9%Wind1 mphUV7Humidity74%
Hourly temperature
95°70°
Sunrise 7:07 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 7:57 PM
Sat 95°74° 30%
Sun 88°71° 29%
Mon 81°67° 20%
Tue 88°63°
Wed 88°63°
Thu 90°68° 21%

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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