Soddy Mining Area

The object of today's hike into Little Soddy Historic Mining Area on the Soddy Gorge section of Cumberland Trail was to hike the new section of trail constructed last week. We parked at Sluder Lane and hiked down the access trail. The new trail joins the original trail a short distance after crossing the first bridge over Little Soddy Creek. After turning onto the new trail, it is about 100 feet to where you boulder hop across Little Soddy Creek. The trail then passes by a couple of historic sites and rejoins the main trail at the second bridge over Little Soddy Creek. After hiking the new trail, we continued down the Trail of Tires, crossed Hotwater Road and didn't stop until reaching Posey Point. The trail between Hotwater Road and Posey Point also received numerous improvements, one of which is a new bridge over a wet weather stream. We also noticed new "Great Eastern Trail" markers at the Hotwater Road crossing.

Slideshow of Don's photos

Section of new trail along Little Soddy Creek