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The National Parks Service is considering a new parks management plan for its Chattanooga National Military Park, which could including opening an additional trail to mountain bikers.
Currently mountain bikers are restricted to a few miles of double track trail in the park, which cannot be accessed by bordering Covenant College mountain bikers as the only trail from the trail to the park is restricted to hikers. The proposal calls for a new trailhead at the Ochs Gateway near Covenant College.
Ensuring that this trailhead and connector trail are open to mountain …
Update – July 10, 2012:
The Chilhowee forest fire continues to burn after consuming nearly 1600 acres. The entire Chilhowee recreation area (camp ground) remains closed.
All of the mountain biking and hiking trails remain closed. It is unknown if the fire has affected the trails, however the current fire line is reported to be two miles south of the recreation area, which is an area that includes portions of many of Chilhowee’s most popular trails.
Authorities state the fire was started last Thursday as a result of a tree falling on a …
Brian Hann and the Appalachian Mountain Bike Club received a state parks and recreation award today at the Legacy Luncheon for their volunteer service to Knoxville parks.
The luncheon is a fundraiser for parks and is hosted by the Legacy Parks Foundation, a group who along with Knoxville Parks and Recreation, works closely with Hann and the AMBC.
Hann and the AMBC have put thousands of hours into building trails throughout the city, primarily in South Knoxville. In the last two years, they have built
an estimated ten miles of unpaved trails between …
According to an article on the Brentwood Homepage, an on-line news publication, Marcella Vivrette Smith Park will see the construction of a new mountain bike trail. With the park consisting of only 320 acres no one currently knows how many miles of mountain bike accessible trail will be constructed at the site, but any new mountain bike trails are certainly welcome in the Middle Tennessee Area.
Source: Brentwood Homepage – Mountain bikers, clubs anxious for Smith Park trail
