Paint Rock–Paint Mountain Road, 3 sights is a 3.3-mile out-and-back near Lanceville, TN. The route reaches Paint Rock. It climbs 1,262 ft, with sections as steep as 29% grade. It scores 83/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi1,253 – 2,533 ft · steepest grade: 29%3.4 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Paint Mountain Road 35.94536, -82.89807
Nearest town Lanceville, TN
Directions
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Paint Rock–Paint Mountain Road, 3 sights
3.3 mi · ▲ 1,262 ft · 1 hr 44 min
Elevation 1,254–2,532 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Paint Mountain Road · 35.94536, -82.89807
Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 92°F / low 71° · precip 9% · wind 1 mph · sunrise 7:07 AM · sunset 7:57 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Paint Mountain Road, heading E.
- 50 ftPass Paint Rock.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Paint Rock Trail, heading NW.
- 1.2 miTurn right onto Chimney Rocks Trail, heading W.
- 0.4 miReach Paint Rock, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Paint Rock Trail, heading NE.
- 1.2 miTurn right onto Paint Mountain Road, heading S.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
46% dirt54% 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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