This Tuesday morning, 23 hikers (a record-breaking attendance for me!) met at this trail in Apison, TN. It was a great morning for a hike! As we arrived, the temperature was in the low 30’s but quickly jumped into the 50’s by the time we finished. After hiking in about 1.5 miles, it was decided we would break into two groups (racers – faster hikers & pacers – slower hikers). Both groups trekked about 2.6 miles to the top of the bluff and enjoyed a short break before returning along Rolling Ridge Trail and back to the Murky Marsh Trail to begin our decent to the main trailhead. All in all, everyone seemed to enjoy getting out on this very pleasant morning and exploring this newer trail. The total hike was about 4.5 miles with 300+’ elevation gain.
The site was a large mining
operation back in the 1930’s and 1940’s.
Bauxite was discovered back as early as 1906. Bauxite is a sedimentary rock with relatively
high aluminum content and is the main source for aluminum. It appears the land was later gifted to Southern
Adventist University around 2015 and they created about 12 miles for
hiking/biking and also now maintain these trails.
If you would like to see some very nice pictures click here or on the picture to the right.
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