Hiking near Nashville, Tennessee

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...

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...

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...

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...

I did the two halves and connector trail in a figure 8 to cover everything.  Like its Hamilton Creek Park counterpart, the Pinnacle Trail, this one weaves in and around itself repeatedly.  The northern half of the loop is more level than the southern, but the lake views are on the longer southern portion.  Rocks abound on the trail.  This isn't a trail to take without hiking boots.  The trail is marked...

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...

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...

This greenway, on paper, doesn't have a lot going for it.  It starts right next to a busy interstate, is directly under the flight path for the airport, passes numerous industries including a landfill, and has a trailhead in the parking lot for a strip mall.  Somehow, it all works to make a great path, though--this is how an urban greenway should be done!I started at Percy Priest Dam with impending storms...

Mostly-paved, easy fitness trail with good views of Percy Priest Lake.  The northwest corner of the trail allows following either the paved main portion or a gravel portion closer to the lakeshore.  There is an interesting old well on the northern portion of the trail.  I took a path through the woods at the southeast corner that wound up looping back to the road.  Follow the service road back to the parking...