*EVENT FULL* Pogue Creek Canyon, Tennessee

Saturday, November 22, 2025, 8:30 a.m. central (9:30 a.m. eastern).

Approximately 6 miles, moderately strenuous. One ladder and two steep stairways.

Let's saunter along Pogue Creek Canyon - a 3,000-acre state natural area located on the northern Cumberland Plateau in Fentress County, Tennessee. The area has abundant, immense, sheer bluffs and cliffs that provide wondrous displays of exposed, reddish-orange and yellow layers of sandstone. There are multiple rockhouses and sandstone formations, including KillDeer Arch, along the trail. https://www.tn.gov/environment/program-areas/na-natural-areas/natural-areas-east-region/east-region-/na-na-pogue-creek-canyon.html
You may want to print or download this map to your phone: https://tnstateparks.com/assets/pdf/additional-content/Pogue_Creek_Canyon_Trail_Map_2017.pdf

Hiking to the Pogue Creek Canyon Overlook, Upper Canyon, and Mesa Top Trails will require a shuttle. We will take 1-2 vehicles over to the end of the trail on Black Mountain Road so we can shuttle back. Parking at trail's end is on private property and very limited.

There is one ladder on the trail and a couple of steep wooden staircases that there are not walk-arounds for. There are a couple of creek crossings that you can usually "rock hop" across. Make sure to carry the 10-essentials with you. https://americanhiking.org/resources/10essentials/?fbclid=IwAR3165LGf84Z5Oohyyt0bHBj59g8LRR9nMMLGRglT45sqOGCibuvqYwI5dc

Bring water, lunch, and snacks for the hike.

Trail dogs are allowed on leash; however, PETS ARE NOT RECOMMENDED due to vertical ladders and steep drop-offs.

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