Ghost House Loop
A short wooded loop above Norris Lake to the Hutcheson homesite, the old family cemetery, and the boulder known as Indian Rock.
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- Length
- 1.2 mi
- Elevation gain
- 180 ft
- Difficulty
- moderate
- Route
- loop
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1.2 mi · 176 ft of climbing · high 1,157 ft · low 1,026 ft
Find the trailhead
Parking
Big Ridge State Park near Maynardville; free, no entrance fee. Leashed pets are welcome.
Directions to parkingWeather at the trailhead
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Sunrise 6:17 AM · Sunset 8:54 PM
- TodayOvercast80° / 58°F3% precip
- WedPartly cloudy86° / 62°F1% precip
- ThuThunderstorm80° / 68°F75% precip
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The loop climbs off the Big Ridge lakeshore through second-growth oak and hickory to the site of the Maston Hutcheson cabin, where a chimney and a small hilltop cemetery are all that remain of a Norris Lake family displaced when TVA dammed the Clinch River. Local lore about a haunting gave the Ghost House Trail its name. A spur reaches Indian Rock, a large sandstone boulder tied to a frontier skirmish, before the path drops back to the lake.