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| House Mountain - Knox COHP, TN | |
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House Mountain - Knox COHP, TN
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| Hiking | 4.74 Miles |
1,457 AEG |
| | Hiking | 4.74 Miles | 2 Hrs 38 Mns | | 1.99 mph |
| 1,457 ft AEG | 15 Mns Break | | | |
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| no partners | | This was a hike to the summit of House Mountain (elevation of 2,113 feet and prominence of 1,038 feet), the highpoint of Knox County. Knox County is in east Tennessee; the county seat is Knoxville, the home of the University of Tennessee.
House Mountain is in a developed park, the House Mountain State Natural Area.
The park has a nice trail system that forms a loop. I did the loop clockwise by ascending on the West Overlook Trail to the Crest Trail; then I hiked the entire length of the Crest Trail; and descended on the Mountain Trail. On the Crest Trail there are 2 summits about 0.8 miles apart; on topo maps both summits are in the 2080 foot closed contour, but lidar data indicates that the summit to the SW is actually 32 feet higher. Even though I only needed to hit the SW summit to claim the highpoint, I went to both summits to enjoy the views at an overlook near the NE summit.
The ascent and descent to and from the Crest Trail were tougher than I thought it would be -- the going was steep with some class 2 rocky sections. It was very humid, but very little sunshine got through the thick canopy of the large deciduous hardwood trees on the mountain.
This was an enjoyable hike, and I only saw a couple of other people once I got up on the Crest Trail. I have spent a good bit of time in Knoxville over the years, and it was nice to make it to the county highpoint. |
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