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The
historic city of Chattanooga provides the backdrop for
the beginning of your journey here. Several different corridors
are being examined to connect the Georgia
Pinhoti Trail through downtown Chattanooga to Cumberland
Trail. Possibilities aboundfor the final trail route,
including an extensive national military park and scenic
walks along the Tennessee River. Just outside the city,
the Cumberland Trail begins. Currently over 165 miles are
open for hiking. The sandstone Cumberland Plateau has been
referred to as a “biogem,” due to the spectacular biological
diversity found there.
From
spectacular river gorges where bald eagles can be found
soaring, to the Obed Wild and
Scenic River trail segment with its amazing 1,000 rock
steps, Tennessee highlights the Great Eastern Trail experience.
The completed trail will run more than 300 miles to the
famous Cumberland Gap on
the Virginia/Kentucky/Tennessee border where GET meets Pine
Mountain Trail.
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