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Nashville's attractions offer history, music, architecture, nature and more.
When people think of Nashville, three things instantly come to mind: hot chicken, history, and music. Food, culture, and entertainment are the common threads connecting this city and its people, so it's no surprise that much of what you will experience on a City Highlights tour of Nashville revolves around food, music, and tours of historical sites...
Trips
Beautiful ridgeline hike through the secluded woods of Beaman Park. The trail begins at Beaman's higher trailhead, which basically starts at the ridgeline level. The entire trail is forested. The trail is well-signed and well-blazed. The Highland Trail intersects and briefly joins the Henry Hollow Loop. There is a brief split in the trail early on (do both sides). The gullies and dropoffs are impressive, and catching the last of the fall...
Percy Warner Park - Mossy Ridge Trail (red)
Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Hiking | 4.4 miles (42 miles away)
Hiking | 4.4 miles (42 miles away)
The Mossy Ridge Trail at Percy Warner is probably more commonly known as the 'red trail' by locals for the red blazes that mark this path. At 4.5 mile-ish, it's the longest trail in the Warner Park system and one of the busiest. The trail boasts plenty of hills, lots of variety, a water feature, a chimney, and several road and bridle path crossings. Definitely plenty to keep you busy for the...
Narrows of the Harpeth - Harpeth River State Park
Mound Bottom, Tennessee, United States
Hiking | 2.0 miles (29 miles away)
Hiking | 2.0 miles (29 miles away)
The trail starts from the parking lot on the north side of Cedar Hill Road at the canoe launch. It leads south under Cedar Hill Road and slightly above the river level before reaching the junction of the lower trail that goes to the tunnel that powered Montgomery Bell's Pattison Forge and the upper trail that goes to the top of the bluff. We took the lower trail first. An interesting sigh...
Radnor Lake - South Cove Trail (new!) + South Lake Trail
Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Hiking | 2.8 miles (44 miles away)
Hiking | 2.8 miles (44 miles away)
I do. I get excited by the small things. And while the re-opening of a trail that has been closed for 11 months is no teeny-tiny small thing, it's probably a blip that went unnoticed in the radar of most Nashville folks. Needless to say: I'm SO excited that the trail is open!We started from the Nature Center (the Granny White Pike side of the park) which is where I typically prefer...
Mossy Ridge Trail - Percy Warner Park
Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Hiking | 5.1 miles (41 miles away)
Hiking | 5.1 miles (41 miles away)
Mossy Ridge (the "red trail" to frequent Warner Parks hikers) is the most challenging in the park, and is extremely popular especially on a day that proved to be the last really good day of fall colors and nice weather of the year. The Deep Well trailhead is frequently quite crowded on the weekends, and maneuvering to a parking space can take a stroke of luck. The trailhead is shared with the...
Harpeth Woods and Owl Hollow Trails - Edwin Warner Park
Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Hiking | 3.0 miles (41 miles away)
Hiking | 3.0 miles (41 miles away)
The start from the Natchez Trace trailhead is level and follows Vaughns Creek before turning left for an uphill climb. The trail circles an old stone quarry and then skirts the base of a knob. It crosses a park road and intersects Owl Hollow Trail.The Owl Hollow Trail circles a steep wooded hollow before rejoining Harpeth Woods. The trail climbs through a series of switchbacks to cross the park road in a...
Montgomery Bell State Park - South Loop
Acorn Hill, Tennessee, United States
Hiking | 8.2 miles (30 miles away)
Hiking | 8.2 miles (30 miles away)
What started out as a 6 mile hike on a perfect-weather, sunny Saturday turned into an 8.3 mile hike which left us slightly exhausted, a little confused by the park signage, and a handful of tips for next time. So here goes: Although you'd think that a map is a map is a map - it isn't. Spring for the $2 map at the park office. Just don't expect them to be open...
Montgomery Bell - South Loop
Acorn Hill, Tennessee, United States
Hiking | 7.0 miles (31 miles away)
Hiking | 7.0 miles (31 miles away)
Beaman Park (Ridgetop Trail + Henry Hollow Loop)
Ashland City, Tennessee, United States
Hiking | 5.5 miles (31 miles away)
Hiking | 5.5 miles (31 miles away)
Beautiful day, nice weather, nice company, nice location = great hike!On my second trip to the Beaman Park trails (and my brother's first) we tackled both of the longer trails (the white-blazed Henry Hollow loop and the red-blazed Ridgetop Trail) totaling 5.5 miles in all (though the signs indicated we should have completed just over 6 miles neither of our Garmin's agreed with this assertion!). What you need to know:Beaman Park is super...
Warner Woods Trail - Percy Warner Park
Vaughns Gap, Tennessee, United States
Hiking | 2.9 miles (41 miles away)
Hiking | 2.9 miles (41 miles away)
Start at the Deep Well trailhead at Percy Warner Park. A short connector leads to a junction with a sign marking the Warner Woods Trail and the Mossy Ridge Trail; follow the left path for Warner Woods. The trail quickly splits into the two halves of the loop. I went right (counter-clockwise), as that seems to be a more gradual ascent.The trail has quite a bit of up and down, but trends...
Mossy Ridge trail in the snow...
Percy Warner Mossy Ridge Trail
Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Hiking | 6.7 miles (42 miles away)
Hiking | 6.7 miles (42 miles away)
This fun trip over to the Red Trail at Warner Park is entitled: "Things I've totally forgotten about the Red Trail" Why is this relevant to you? Because this is important stuff! ha. So here goes: things I've totally forgotten about regarding the red trail:It's long. I know, I know 4.6 miles isn't that long but with the constant up/down/up/down the 4.6 here is far more difficult than 4.6 at Radnor Lake. There are...
