ADOPT THE CUMBERLAND TRAIL

Adoptees are individuals or organizations who have committed to assist in the maintenance of a particular portion of a trail.

• Cumberland Mountain Segment - Tank Spring Trailhead to Bruce Gap Trailhead
  • Eagle Bluff Trail - Tank Spring to Devil's Racetrack - Boy Scout Troop 622 (Cumberland District) of LaFollette, since '97, Jeffery Riggs
  • Bruce Gap to Devil's Racetrack - Jerry & Sharon Phillips of Jacksboro, since '03
  • Volunteer Loop - Cove Lake Chapter of TTA, since '02

• Smoky Mountain Segment - Bruce Gap trailhead to New River
  • Bruce Gap trailhead to Red Ash Bridge - Ed & Faith Dippold
  • Bruce Gap to Red Ash Bridge - Pack 623, Webelos Den 3, Rick Stogdill
  • Red Ash Bridge to top of Cross Mtn - Troop 131 of Clinton, Paul Gore
  • Top of Cross Mountain to Bruce Ridge - Richard Helm of Caryville, since '01
  • Big Bruce Ridge to #10 Coal Rd - open for adoption
  • #10 Coal Rd to Montgomery Fork, including campsite - open for adoption
  • Montgomery Fork to Green's Branch - open for adoption
  • Green's Branch to New River - open for adoption

• Frozen Head Segment
  • open for adoption

• Obed Wild and Scenic River Segment - Devil's Breakfast Table to Nemo Bridge
  • Devils Breakfast Table Trailhead to the Rain House - John Bilbrey of Kingston, since '98,
  • Rain House to Turkey Creek Bridge - open for adoption
  • Turkey Creek Bridge to BreakAway Bluff Obed Overlook - Kirk & Sherrill Wilson, since '02
  • BreakAway Bluff to Alley Ford - Geography Graduate Students of UT-Del Scruggs, since '98
  • BreakAway Bluff to Alley Ford - Leroy Leonard of Knoxville
  • Nemo Bridge Trail to Alley Ford - Tennessee Citizens for Wilderness Planning, since '98, led by Jimmy Groton,
  • Obed section to Alley Ford - Fran Wallis

• Grassy Cove Segment - Jewett Road to Black Mountain Trailhead
  • Black Mountain Loop Trail - Fairfield Glade Hiking Club, Bob & Helen Callis, since'00
  • new Black Mountain trail to Windless Cave - open for adoption
  • Brady Mountain Trail, Hwy 68 to Jewett Road - open for adoption

• Stinging Fork Segment
  • open for adoption

• Piney River Segment - Trailhead on Shut-In Gap Road to Newby Branch Forest Camp
  • Shut-In Gap Road Trailhead to first 100' suspension bridge - Larry H. Lyda
  • first 100' suspension bridge to Spider Den Bluff - Larry H. Lyda
  • Spider den Bluff to Newby Branch Forest Camp - Larry H. Lyda
  • Shut-In Gap Road Trailhead to Newby Branch Forest Camp - Eckerd Youth Group of Deer Lodge, since '00

• Laurel-Snow Segment
  • open for adoption

• Rock Creek Segment
  • Lower Leggett Trailhead to Retro Hughes Trailhead- Brandy Selman and Jan Agee

• Possum Creek Segment - Retro Hughes Road to Heiss Mountain Road
  • Heiss Mtn Rd Trailhead to Big Possum Creek - Caroline Woerner of Signal Mt., since '03
  • Big Possum Creek to Little Possum CreekPete Wotowiec - Scout Troop
  • Little Possum Creek to Falls - open for adoption
  • Falls to concrete bridge - Pete Wotowiec and Chris
  • concrete bridge to Retro Hughes Road - open for adoption

• Soddy Creek Segment - Mowbray Rd to Hwy 111 + Hotwater Rd. Connector Trail
  • Mowbray Rd trailhead to connector trail + connector trail - Mark Roeser
  • connector trail to Hotwater Rd - Don Deakins
  • Hotwater Road to 3 Bridges section in Board Camp - TC Varner
  • TN. HWY 111 road walk to the first of three bridges in Board Camp - St. Andrew's Sewanee School, Sewanee, TN.

• North Chickamauga Segment
  • open for adoption

• Tennessee River Gorge Segment - Signal Point to Hwy 27
  • Signal Point to Edwards Point - David Ayers of Georgia, since '99
  • Edwards Point to the suspension bridge over N. Suck Creek - Tennessee River Gorge Trust, since '96, & Bob Crawford of Hixon, since '01
  • North Suck Creek to Hwy 27 - Gregg Baird

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