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- Place Types Park
- Address Stearns, KY 42647, USA
- Coordinate 36.6237206,-84.6898511
- Website Unknown
- Rating 4.9
- Compound Code J8F6+F3 Stearns, Kentucky, Unit
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Part of a beautiful area in Big South Fork, on the Kentucky side. Access requires either a long drive up the gravel Divide Road from Tennessee, which turns into Peters Mountain Road (still gravel) at the Kentucky State Line. Narrow at times, it goes through some lovely wilderness. The roads cross over many trails, but the big ones are the 355 mile long Sheltowee Trace and the 211 mile long John Muir Trail. Regular cars can usually make it, but the roads can be treacherous after heavy snow and ice. There are Forest Service Vault Toilets at this location.
Wonderful little area allowing for easy access to a couple of trails. The Sheltowee Trace Trail goes right by, you can take that along Marks Branch, allowing for a majestic hike through it's lower canyon, down around a beautiful waterfall, and in and out of the creek, as you head towards Gobblers Arch Trail (going the opposite direction). After climbing up the steep ridge, you'll find beautiful rock formations, a panoramic overlook, and Gobblers Arch. From there it's a nice easy trail back to Peters Mountain Trailhead.
This is a favorite pit spot either coming from Tennessee or driving the back roads around Rock Creek, because even though it's a pit toilet, it's relatively clean and much better than squatting on the side of the road behind a tree! Also get a bit of service at the top if you need to send out an urgent quick SOS or a significantly less urgent LOL.
Great place to hike and hang with friends.
This is also Trailhead for Mark Branch Falls.
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