Harpeth Woods Trail
A blue-blazed 2.2-mile loop from the Warner Park Nature Center past a 1930s rock quarry and a remnant of the old Natchez Trace.
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- Length
- 2.2 mi
- Elevation gain
- 380 ft
- Difficulty
- moderate
- Route
- loop
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2.2 mi · 380 ft of climbing · high 860 ft · low 572 ft
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Parking
Warner Park Nature Center; free city park. Watch the blue blazes where the shorter nature trails cross.
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Starting behind the Nature Center, the blue-blazed loop crosses Vaughn Creek and rolls up into mature beech, oak, and cedar woods on Edwin Warner's quieter, hillier side. Along the way it passes a stone quarry worked in the 1930s and 1940s and follows about three-quarters of a mile of the historic Natchez Trace. Short steady climbs make it a genuine workout despite its in-town setting.