The Cumberland Trail
  Rock Creek Connector Segment

Rock Creek photographed two days after a heavy November rain.

Trail Length: 1.2 miles to the intersection with the Rock Creek Loop Trail.

Trail Rating: easy to moderate

Trail Access: Lower Leggett Rd. Trailhead. Directions to Trailhead from Chattanooga Tennessee: Take Hwy 27 North to the Sale Creek Community, then left on Leggett Rd. for 1.4 miles.

Trail Markings: The entire Cumberland Trail is marked with white 2 x 6 inch blazes. Intersections or sharp turns in the trail are marked with double blazes of the same color & size.

A bare poplar stands agains a clear blue November sky along the Rock Creek Connector trail.

Trail Features: Sound of Rock Creek's water rushing over and around the rocks in the creek bed can be heard along almost the entire length of the trail. There are several large Beech & Poplar trees along portions of the trail.

Users of this trail owe thanks to: The Cumberland Trail Conference, Monty Matney of Harrison, TN, the Trail Steward for the Rock Creek segment of the Cumberland Trail as well as all the unnamed volunteers who worked to build this segment of the Cumberland Trail.

More Cumberland Trail Photos:
>>> Upper Rock Creek Gorge Segment of the Cumberland Trail
>>> Possum Creek Gorge Segment of the Cumberland Trail

  Stock photography by david smart
  Specializing in the Cumberland Plateau
  ct@design-smart.com