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Cherokee National Forest · TN
Iron Mountain 54
Iron Mountain 54 is a mapped USDA Forest Service trail in Cherokee National Forest, Tennessee. Forest Service GIS linework reports 16.35 miles across 1 mapped feature and 1 segment. Published TrailNFS fields identify Terra trail type. A route-specific official trailhead record has not yet passed the matching gate, so trailhead access remains in verification. Current permit, entry, road, parking, shuttle, and closure conclusions are shown separately and remain unknown until route-specific evidence passes the publication checks.
16.35 milesOfficial route recordAccess verification in progress
Area contextAt a glance
Published route facts
- Managing area
- Cherokee National Forest
- State
- Tennessee (TN)
- Route number
- 54
- GIS distance
- 16.35 miles
- Official trail type
- Terra
- Mapped geometry
- 1 feature · 1 segment · 310 vertices
- Geometry bounds
- W -81.946487 · S 36.469876 · E -81.766587 · N 36.613165
Before you go
Access information
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Park entry
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Road access
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Parking
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Shuttle
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Closures
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Forest Service dataset
Classification and managed use
Display and travel-management fields
- Development scale group
- TC1-2 — Minimally developed (Trail Class 1) or moderately developed (Trail Class 2)
These are segment display and management designations from the Forest Service dataset. They do not prove current road, trail, or seasonal availability.
More official records
Route-linked and nearby facilities
These agency records matched the route identity or nearby geometry. A campground or facility status applies only to that named facility, not automatically to the whole trail.
Iron Mountains
379 m from the published route geometry
- Coordinates
- 36.491694, -81.884708
- Official description
- Rugged mountain solitude can be experienced throughout this area. Long distance backpacking, trout fishing and the shortest tunnel in the world are a few features you can find here. The Osborne Farm offers a panoramic view of the surrounding mountains from the Appalachian National Scenic Trail (A.T.). From there, take a multi-day backpack trip along the A.T. and Iron Mountain Trail. Try your hand at trout fishing in Beaverdam and Laurel Creeks. Camp at Backbone Rock Recreation Area and explore what is known locally as the shortest tunnel in the world. Iron Mountains Map Iron Mountains Guide
TN 91 Scenic Drive
3.6 km from the published route geometry
- Coordinates
- 36.466907, -81.986172
- Official description
- Wind along Stony Creek through farmlands framed by Holston and Iron Mountains to the top of Cross Mountain. Cross Mountain Trailhead offers area information, as well as parking for Appalachian National Scenic Trail #1 and the Osborne Farm. TN 91 drops spectacularly into Shady Valley, a rural farming community known for its extant cranberry bogs. North of Shady Valley, TN 133 follows portions of an old rail line along Beaverdam Creek through the Shortest Tunnel in the World at Backbone Rock Recreation Area.
Local route geometry
