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Cumberland Trail State Park
Laurel-Snow Trail
10.5 miles round-trip. Strenuous. The Laurel-Snow Trail was the first National Recreation Trail in
Tennessee
, and it has many interesting features. It follows an old railroad bed, passes an abandoned mine shaft, and crosses a bridge over
Laurel
Creek
. The trail forks the east leg leading to
Laurel
Falls
(5 miles round trip, beginner level) and Snake Head Point, and the west leg to Buzzard Point and
Snow
Falls
. Elevation: Begin and end at 850 feet with a high point of 1,700 feet.
Directions: In
Dayton
, turn west of US 27 just north of the Hospital. Follow this road until it ends. Turn left and look for signs.
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