Here is a map I found online of the Cumberland Trail. It is the first of its kind... a linear State Park! I have hiked sections of it as it has been completed and found it to be a fantastic place to hike.
Rural Scenery heading to the Jewett Road Trail Head. Cumberland County TN
Old Mill weir along Cove Creek Grassy Cove, TN in Cumberland County
Head of the Sequatchie ... the newest state park and newest section of the Cumberland Trail. Not officially open for visitation yet, but we caught a break and joined a ranger guided bird hike.
Head of the Sequatchie... this is Devil Step Hollow Cave. It is the source of the Sequatchie River. It is murky today because of the flood the week before. It is usually a pretty blue hole of water.
Muddy Sequatchie River
Prairie Trillium in Devil Step Hollow
Fourleaf Milkweed Devil Step Hollow
cluster of Synandra a somewhat rare wildflower. Devil Step Hollow
Close up of Synandra
A toad in the hand.... will give you warts! I touched him anyway. Working on that fear of frogs thing. He is cute. Devil Step Hollow. TN
I had never seen wild hyacinth before except in guide books. When I found it.. I hit the jackpot! There were wild hyacinths growing on the slopes of Brady Mtn. far as the eye could see in any direction.
Close up of Wild Hyacinth.. a very beautiful flower. Camassia scilloides Liliaceae Brady Mtn. TN
Amidst the other flowers Dwarf Larkspur was all over the place! I saw it on Hinch Mtn and Brady Mountain. It is eye catching.
Virginia pennywort on Hinch Mtn. TN
Still lots of Yellow trilliums in bloom today. Hinch Mtn. TN
Bellwort on Hinch Mtn. TN
Phlox growing along Jewett Road on the way to Brady Mountain
Robins Plantain along Jewett Road on Hinch Mountain TN
Daisy Fleabane on Hinch Mtn. along Jewett Road heading to Brady Mtn and the CT
Cumberland Spurge Hinch Mtn TN
Ferns along Jewett Road Hinch Mtn. TN
Huge patch of Pink Lady Slippers on Brady Mountain along the Cumberland Trail TN
Close up of a Pink Lady Slipper out of that patch. Brady Mtn TN along the Cumberland Trail
Donnelly's Overlook along the Cumberland Trail Brady Mountain TN
Jumping from rock to rock for views! Brady Mtn. CT TN
Looking down from Donnelly's Overlook Brady Mtn. TN Cumberland Trail
Looking back along the rocks of Donnelly's Overlook toward Kenny. Brady Mtn. CT TN
Piney woods in the Cumberlands Section of the Cumberland Trail atop Brady Mtn. TN
Cumberland Trail along Brady Mountain's spine TN
Pretty view through the forest atop Brady Mountain Cumberland Trail TN
Looking down along side the rocks at Lost Overlook Brady Mtn CT TN
View from Donnelly's Overlook Cumberland Trail Brady Mtn TN
Lost Overlook.. the approach is interesting. More spots to jump from rock to rock. Cumberland Trail, Brady Mtn. TN
Looking from Lost Overlook on Brady Mtn back toward Black Mountain. You can see the NOAA weather dome up there. Sorry for the blurry photo, but this is way zoomed in. Brady Mtn, CT TN
I am standing with one foot on each side of a crevice that has a long drop below me. Lost Overlook Brady Mtn CT TN
Scarlet Tanager in the trees at Lost Overlook Brady Mtn is a wonderful place for birding. Cumberland Trail TN
Lost Overlook CT, Brady MTN TN
Fern grove along the Cumberland Trail Brady Mtn TN
Intersting rock form poised beside the Cumberland Trail along Brady Mtn. TN
Barksdale's trillium .. I saw oodles of these on Brady Mtn and Hinch Mountain today!
Delicate beauty of American Lily of the Valley blooming along the Cumberland Trail Brady Mtn. TN
Grassy, sunshine filled section of the CT along the spine of Brady Mountain
The trail is surprisingly hard to follow in places!
Kenny passing by the fern grove atop Brady Mtn along the CT TN
Rock form along Brady Mtn's section of the CT
View toward Grassy Cove from Brady Mtn.. it is about 20 feet wide here total. Not the trail... the entire mountain top turns into a narrow knife edge for a spell.
