Mountain City Parks and Rec Travel Information (Mountain City, TN)

Mount Rogers Loop: Virginia's Subalpine High Country This mountain drive encircles Mount Rogers (elevation 5,729 feet) and Whitetop Mountain (elevation 5,570 feet), Virginia’s highest peaks. It passes from lush, wooded mountain streams along the Virgini... Damascus, VA

Mount Rogers Scenic Byway A 55.5-mile paved highway through the scenic forests and countryside surrounding Mount Rogers, highest point in Virginia. The Mount Rogers Scenic Byway winds through forested areas and open countrysid... Damascus, VA

Mount Rogers Scenic Byway Motorcycle Ride The shadow of the highest peak in the state, this route rolls through southern Virginia on the Mt. Rogers Scenic Byway. While never climbing Mt. Rogers’s 5,729-ft. elevation, you’ll have the opportuni... Mountain City, TN

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Rogers Ridge Trail (Distance: 6.9 mi) This trail runs along bald ridgetops, offering beautiful views all year long.

Mountain City, TN - Hiking - length:12.1 mi

North Fork New River: Ashe CR 1119 Bridge at Community of Maxwell to Ashe CR 1549 Below the Confluence with the South Fork (Distance: 8.5 mi) The North Fork heads up in the extreme western end of Ashe County just over the Tennessee line. It flows northeast in the shadows of The Peak, Three Top Mountain, and Phoenix Mountain on the south bef...

Clifton, SC - Whitewater Paddling - length:42.8 mi

Appalachian Trail: Low Gap to Damascus (Distance: 9.8 mi) The trail to Damascus is a long ridgetop hike with very little elevation change through second-growth forest and old fields, quiet, pretty woods, and then a long descent from the Tennessee state line ...

Shady Valley, TN - Hiking - length:14.8 mi

McQueen Gap (Distance: 10.6 mi) On this route, you ride almost to Virginia before turning up Holston Mountain to McQueen Gap just short of the Appalachian Trail. It's a wilderness ride, interrupted only briefly by the small mountain...

Bristol, TN - Mountain Biking - length:20.9 mi

Appalachian Trail (VA) - Damascus to Marion (Distance: 11.2 mi) As an introduction to Virginia, it’s hard to top Mount Rogers National Recreation Area. The AT passes near the tallest mountains in the state. Close to the summit of Mount Rogers, wild ponies graze in...

Damascus, VA - Hiking - length:63.8 mi

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RedTail Mountain RedTail Mountain Club Public, 18 holes 6884 yards, par 72 0.3 miles from center of Mountain City Parks and Rec

Deerfield Deerfield Golf Course, Inc. Public, 9 holes 2545 yards, par 36 12.7 miles from center of Mountain City Parks and Rec

Mountain Aire Mountain Aire Golf Course Public, 18 holes 6404 yards, par 72 16.4 miles from center of Mountain City Parks and Rec

Glenrochie Glenrochie Country Club Private Equity, 18 holes 6887 yards, par 72 17.9 miles from center of Mountain City Parks and Rec

Beech Mountain The Beech Mountain Club Private Non-Equity, 18 holes 6079 yards, par 72 18.2 miles from center of Mountain City Parks and Rec

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