Synopses & Reviews
It’s time to take a hike!
Nashville residents grab your boots and get outside! Using clear and entertaining narrative, the revised and updated new edition of 60 Hikes within 60 Miles: Nashville eliminates doubts about where to hike and what to expect when you get to the trailhead. To locate and assess the best hikes within a 60-mile radius of the Nashville area, this guide is indispensable.
60 Hikes within 60 Miles: Nashville blows the lid off the myth that you can’t have a great trek close to home. The Music City may be an ever-expanding metropolis, but there are still plenty of thrilling hiking options. Choose among short and long hikes, hikes for children, hikes for dogs, hikes for wildflowers and for waterfalls, historic and scenic hikes, and many others.
Trail Descriptions allow you to assess each trail before you hike it
GPS-Based Trail Maps provide you with accurate trail information
Trail Profiles help you visualize altitude gain and loss
Directions and UTM coordinates lead you to the trailheads
Whether you live in Nashville, Clarksville, Gallatin, or Murfreesboro, 60 Hikes within 60 Miles: Nashville provides you with the information you need to choose the perfect day hike in your area, including trail lengths, hiking times, and trail difficulty. So lace up those shoes or boots, sling that daypack, and hit the trail!
Synopsis
Anyone who believes there is no quality hiking near the "Music City" will be singing a different tune when they pick up this guide. From exploring old Confederate earthworks in the cedar glades of Stones River National Battlefield to walking through a man-made tunnel beside the Harpeth River, outdoor enthusiasts will have plenty of hikes to choose from throughout middle Tennessee.
Synopsis
Nashville is best known as the capital of country music, but located in the Cumberland River Valley surrounded by hills of the Highland Rim, the city is also home to a great variety of hiking trails. With five new hikes and updated text, the new edition of 60 Hikes within 60 Miles: Nashville gives outdoor enthusiasts plenty of hikes to choose from throughout middle Tennessee. From historical hikes such as the Gordon House and Ferry Site Walk and the Confederate Earthworks Walk to great recreational trails like the Anderson Fitness Trail and the Couchville Lake Loop, hikers of all ages and fitness levels will find a trail to their liking within a short drive from home.
About the Author
Johnny Molloy is an outdoor writer based in Johnson City, Tennessee. He has averaged over 100 nights in the wild per year since the early 1980’s, backpacking and canoe camping throughout our country. He has written numerous books covering much of the U.S. from Florida to Wisconsin to Colorado and articles for magazines and websites.
Table of Contents
City of Nashville: (1) Anderson Road Fitness Trail (2) Bryant Grove Trail (3) Cane Connector Trail (4) Couchville Lake Loop (5) Cumberland River Levee Greenway (6) Ganier Ridge Loop (7) Harpeth Woods Trail (8) Lakeside Trail (9) Mill Creek Greenway (10) Mossy Ridge Trail (11) Pinnacle Trail (12) Richland Creek Greenway (13) Shelby Bottoms Nature Park East Loop (14) Shelby Bottoms Nature Park West Loop (15) South Radnor Lake Loop (16) Stones River Greenway (17) Volunteer/Day Loop (18) Warner Woods Trail (19) Whites Creek Greenway
West (Including Ashland City, Clarksville, Dickson (20) Ashland City Bicentennial Greenway (21) Confederate Earthworks Walk (22) Cumberland Riverwalk (23) Dunbar Cave State Natural Area Loop (24) Fort Donelson Battlefield Loop (25) Johnsonville State Historic Area Loop (26) Montgomery Bell Northeast Loop (27) Montgomery Bell Southwest Loop (28) Narrows of Harpeth Hike (29) Nathan Bedford Forrest Five Mile Loop (30) Perimeter Trail (31) Rotary Park Loop
Southwest (including Columbia, Fairview, Franklin (32) Burns Branch There-and-Back (33) Devils Backbone Loop (34) Gordon House and Ferry Site Walk (35) Horseshoe Trail (36) Lakes of Bowie Loop (37) Meriwether Lewis Loop (38) Old Trace/Garrison Creek Loop (39) Water Valley Overlook Hike
Southeast (including Brenthaven, Murfreesboro, Smyrna (40) Barfield Wilderness Loop (41) Brenthaven Bikeway Connector (42) Collins River Nature Trail (43) Cedar Glades and Barrens Walk (44) Old Mill Trail (45) Old Stone Fort Loop Hike (46) Short Springs State Natural Area Hike (47) Stones River Battlefield Loop (48) Twin Forks Trail (49) Wild Turkey Trail
East (including Gallatin, Hendersonville, Lebanon, Mt.Juliet (50) Bearwaller Gap Hiking Trail (51) Bledsoe Creek State Park Loop (52) Cedar Woods Trail (53) Drakes Creek Greenway (54) Eagle Trail (55) Hidden Springs Trail (56) John C. Clayborn Millennium Trail (57) Lost Spring Trail (58) Old Hickory Trail (59) Wilderness Trail