March 30 and 31, 2026.
So much fun! Honey Creek Loop Trail is a Type 2, 6-mile adventure with a few squeeze-through caves (plus an additional one that is not on the actual trail, guess that one’s extra credit), steep ups and downs, and slippery creek walking. Very glad for the unusually dry conditions right now because I think one usually has to walk through ankle-to-knee-deep water in a quick-moving current, and the creek bed is mostly slick, smooth, and slanted rock. Plenty of congested vegetation with little herd paths to mistake for the trail and get lost in if one isn’t keeping a sharp eye out. This is a full-attention, try-not-to-break-a-limb kind of hike, and I loved it.
Twin Arches is a more standard, five-mile loop woods-walk except for a couple steep ladders and, of course, the natural arches.
Tennessee has a lot of great hiking.
