Wildest hikes in Tennessee
The highest Ambleway Wildness scores in the catalog: the routes that stay farthest from roads, industry, and development.
These are the 25 wildest hikes Ambleway has measured in Tennessee, from 96% wild at the top of the board to 92% wild at the bottom. They run from 4.2 to 16 miles. The biggest climb on the board is Sarvis Cove Sunset Point–Cowbell Hollow Horse Trail, 5 sights, gaining 5,797 ft.
- Doe Knob–Buck Gap, 4 saddles 13.6 mi · ▲ 3,588 ft · 96% wild
- Pete's Branch Falls–Sarvis Cove Sunset Point, 6 sights 11.8 mi · ▲ 4,032 ft · 96% wild
- Sarvis Cove Sunset Point–Chestnutlog Gap, 5 sights 11.4 mi · ▲ 3,944 ft · 96% wild
- Spence Field–Anthony Creek Trail, 3 sights 10.2 mi · ▲ 2,909 ft · 95% wild
- Artie Hollow Trail–Bullen Hollow Trail, 5 sights 15.5 mi · ▲ 4,657 ft · 94% wild
- Ramsey Cascades & Ramsey Cascades Trail 7.8 mi · ▲ 2,189 ft · 94% wild
- Upper Sassafras Gap & Pole Road Creek Trail via Noland Divide Trail 14.9 mi · ▲ 3,638 ft · 94% wild
- Kennedy Cabin Sunset Point–Bullen Hollow Trail, 4 sights 9.3 mi · ▲ 2,188 ft · 94% wild
- Bullen Hollow Trail–Firescald Road, 3 sights 6.9 mi · ▲ 1,918 ft · 94% wild
- Jakes Gap–Jakes Creek Trail, 5 sights 13.6 mi · ▲ 3,577 ft · 94% wild
- Jennings Creek Horse Trail & Poplar Cove HorseTrail 4.2 mi · ▲ 1,277 ft · 93% wild
- Brushy Mountain Trail & Porters Creek Trail 7 mi · ▲ 1,505 ft · 93% wild
- Brushy Mountain–Trillium Gap, 3 summits 11.3 mi · ▲ 3,020 ft · 93% wild
- Margarette Falls–Artie Hollow Trail, 5 sights 11.5 mi · ▲ 3,813 ft · 93% wild
- Spence Field–Sandy Gap Loop, 8 sights 14.7 mi · ▲ 3,637 ft · 93% wild
- Hannah Mountain Trail & Scott Gap 15 mi · ▲ 2,211 ft · 93% wild
- Middle Prong Trail 4.6 mi · ▲ 697 ft · 93% wild
- Artie Hollow Trail–Cowbell Hollow Horse Trail, 4 sights 14.7 mi · ▲ 4,675 ft · 93% wild
- Fodderstack Trail & Mill Branch Trail 13.6 mi · ▲ 3,567 ft · 93% wild
- Sarvis Cove Sunset Point–Cowbell Hollow Horse Trail, 5 sights 15.8 mi · ▲ 5,797 ft · 92% wild
- Big Butt–Chestnutlog Gap, 4 sights 11.5 mi · ▲ 2,845 ft · 92% wild
- Abrams Falls Trail–Hatcher Mountain Trail, 3 sights 10.2 mi · ▲ 1,037 ft · 92% wild
- Artie Hollow Trail–Cowbell Hollow Horse Trail, 3 sights 13.4 mi · ▲ 4,515 ft · 92% wild
- Fox Cabin Gap–Beetree Hollow Trail, 4 sights 5.2 mi · ▲ 1,399 ft · 92% wild
- Baxter Cliff–Bearwallow Gap, 7 sights 9.3 mi · ▲ 1,926 ft · 92% wild