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Downloadable Maps & Trail Guides


For more info about each of the park's 12 trailheads, including driving directions to each, also see our trailhead information page.
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NOTE ABOUT TRAIL GUIDES: 
  • Fiery Gizzard and Savage Gulf-area trail guides only cover short sections of much longer trails.
  • Please pay particular attention to directions, and also always have a trail map with you.
  • If you get lost or need help, find one of the mileage marker medallions, posted at half-mile intervals on all SCSP trails, and use the info on it to identify your location to emergency responders.

NOTE ABOUT SimpleMaps™:
These are easy-to-read, simplified and phone-friendly maps showing various sections of trail in the park, including the location of Mileposts and other points-of-interest.  Each trail on these maps is color-coded to match the color of the Milepost blazes you'll find every 1/4 or 1/2 mile on SCSP trails.  Please take a moment to download the maps that cover the part of the park in which you'll be hiking.  They could be a life-saver!
NOTE ABOUT INTERACTIVE MAPS: 
Interactive trail maps and guides are in KMZ file format, and require a free download of Avenza's mobile mapping app.  Download it here.

South Cumberland Regional (2-Park) Maps
[PDF]  Map of Trailheads
[PDF]  Printable Directions to Trailheads
[PDF] SimpleMaps™ -- one file with all short Savage, Gizzard and Lost Cove trails
[PDF]  Trail schematic showing trail lengths and mile marker color codes
[PDF]  Popular Day Hikes Map
Hikes List, by Trailhead & Difficulty (PDF)

South Cumberland State Park

Denny Cove Map
[PDF]  Denny Cove SimpleMap™
Denny Cove Trail Guides
[PDF]  Denny Cove Trail Guide
[KMZ]  Denny Cove GPS Trail Guide
(requires free Avenza app)

Fiery Gizzard Maps
[PDF]  Fiery Gizzard -- Complete Trail Network SimpleMap™
[PDF]  Fiery Gizzard NORTH (Grundy trailhead to Raven Point) SimpleMap™
[PDF]  Fiery Gizzard SOUTH (Foster trailhead to Small Wild) SimpleMap™
[PDF]  Fiery Gizzard Topographic Map
[KMZ] Fiery Gizzard Interactive Map  (map file is 99¢ -- requires free Avenza app)
Fiery Gizzard Trail Guides
[PDF]  Fiery Gizzard North (Grundy Forest) Trail Guide
[KMZ]  Fiery Gizzard North (Grundy Forest) GPS Trail Guide  (requires free Avenza app)
[PDF]  Fiery Gizzard South (Foster Falls) Trail Guide

Lost Cove Maps
[PDF]  Lost Cove (Buggytop and Sherwood Day Loop) SimpleMap™
[PDF]  Lost Cove Topographic Map
Lost Cove Trail Guides
[PDF]  Lost Cove East (Sherwood Loop) Trail Guide
[PDF]  Lost Cove North (Natural Bridge) Trail Guide
[PDF]  Lost Cove West (Buggytop) Trail Guide

Other SCSP Maps
[PDF]  Meadow Trail Map

Savage Gulf State Park

Savage Gulf Maps
[PDF] Savage Gulf -- Complete Trail Network SimpleMap™
[PDF]  Savage Gulf NORTH (Stone Door) SimpleMap™
[PDF]  Savage Gulf WEST (Greeter Falls area) SimpleMap™
[PDF]  Savage Gulf EAST (Savage Falls area) SimpleMap™
[PDF]  Savage Gulf SOUTH (Collins Gulf area) SimpleMap™
[PDF]  Savage Gulf Topographic Map
[KMZ]  Savage Gulf Interactive Map  (map file is 99¢ -- requires free Avenza app)
Savage Gulf Trail Guides
[PDF]  Savage Gulf North (Stone Door) Trail Guide
[PDF]  Savage Gulf West (Big Creek Gulf) Trail Guide
[PDF]  Savage Gulf West (Greeter) Trail Guide
[KMZ]  Savage Gulf West (Greeter) GPS Trail Guide  (requires free Avenza app)
[PDF]  Savage Gulf East (Savage Falls) Trail Guide
[PDF]  Savage Gulf South (Collins) Trail Guide


SPECIAL THANKS
To the Friends of Tennessee State Parks for its mini-grant in support of FSC's Trail Friends and their Trail Guide initiative.

PictureFSC Trail Team volunteers Ernie Williams and Betsy Miller install one of the final trail markers on the North Plateau Trail in Savage Gulf.
SCSP trail marker system is complete!
After 11 months and 85 miles of carefully measuring the trails in South Cumberland State Park, the Friends of South Cumberland's Trails Team has completed the posting of mile markers on every trail in the 31,000-acre park.  The 4-inch metallic medallions each feature trail mileage for the specific trail they mark, as well as a unique location code hikers can use to accurately report their location if they need to call first responders for help. The markers are also color-coded to differentiate adjacent trails from one another.

SCSP Rangers already report several situations where hikers, lost or injured after dark, located one of the new markers and reported the location code on that medallion, not only giving Rangers an exact fix on their location, but considerably shortening the amount of time it would take responders to reach them, and help get them to safety. 

Each marker is flanked by two high-intensity reflectors that can be illuminated by light from a smartphone screen at distances of up to 1/10 mile.  The mile markers are spaced every half-mile on most trails, and at quarter-mile intervals on the park's most popular trails, so hikers are never more than a few minutes' walk from the nearest marker.  The project was funded by the Friends of South Cumberland, with additional support from the Tennessee Trails Association's Highland Rim Chapter.


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Learn more about Climbing in the park
Make a Campsite Reservation
Learn more about Camping in the park
Get a Caving Permit
Learn more about Caving in the park

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