About Go Hike TN
Go Hike TN is a way to find a Tennessee hike worth the drive, and somewhere good to eat afterward. Tell it where you’re starting, how far you’ll drive and what you’d like to see, and it suggests trails from there.
It isn’t a trail guide, a map or a conditions report. It points you to the trail and sends you on to the official page for the rest. Think of it as a friend who knows the state and keeps the opinions short.
How recommendations work
Every trail comes from public trail data. Length comes from the mapped trail line, and difficulty is worked out from that length and the climb, using the rating Shenandoah National Park uses. A smaller set of hikes has been picked and checked by hand, and those are suggested first.
We don’t track conditions or closures. Washouts, downed trees and seasonal closures happen, so check the park’s official page before you go.
Sources and credits
Trails, parks and places
Public domain, as works of the U.S. government: the U.S. Geological Survey’s National Digital Trails, the USDA Forest Service and the National Park Service, the Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US), the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), the U.S. Census Bureau’s TIGERweb, and USGS 3DEP elevation.
Drive times
Road routing comes from the OSRM project, using road data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL).
Artwork
Engravings from Picturesque America (1872), via the Internet Archive:
- “Chattanooga and the Tennessee from Lookout Mountain,” a wood engraving by Harry Fenn.
- “The Smoky Mountains,” a steel engraving after Homer Martin.
The book is in the public domain in the United States.