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CTC's Guide to the Cumberland Trail |
We've Moved!!!!!! Please Change Your Bookmarks to http://www.cumberlandtrail.org .
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Experience Tennessee hiking and backpacking at its best! The Cumberland Trail (CT), a Tennessee State Scenic Hiking Trail, became Tennessee's 53rd state park in 1998. The Tennessee hiking and backpacking trail is also Tennessee's first linear park, following a line of high ridges and deep gorges along or near the rugged eastern escarpment of Tennessee's Cumberland Plateau. The Cumberland Trail is the basis for a large network of greenways that will crisscross the Cumberland Plateau north and south, east and west. It's now more than just a vision with more than 107 miles of open trail currently beckoning the hiker to the Cumberland Plateau. A further 175 miles of trails are in the detailed planning stage, with 24 miles currently under construction.
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The CT is being built and maintained by a cooperative effort of the
Cumberland Trail Conference (CTC)
and the state of Tennessee. The CTC is organized under Tennessee Trails Association (TTA), a non-profit all volunteer organization
dedicated to the promotion, maintenance, and construction of trails in Tennessee. The CTC
organizes and provides activities that work toward the Trail's completion, and publishes a
quarterly newsletter. The CTC has a goal of completion for the CT of October 2008 --the
40th anniversary of the Tennessee Trails Association. The CT, as an interconnecting community
greenway, will thrive only with volunteerism and leadership that you and your community can
offer. So watch this web site for current information on openand under-construction segments,
future trail work days, and how you can help make the CT happen.
Viewing the Obed River from Omigod Overlook During Fall Backcountry Outing
The BreakAway
program is an alternative spring or fall break program for college students. These students
have helped us make tremendous strides during the past five years on construction and
maintenance projects fromone end of the trail to the other. Students have come from
throughout the country to join our cadre of volunteers to build this dream. If you and your
college are interested in BreakAway, please email usat the address shown on the bottom of
this page.
19 East 4th St.
Crossville, TN 38555
(931) 456-6259
Barry Spearman, PE
CTC Volunteer