Gloria Bell · CC BY 2.0
ClimbingActivities
South Cumberland & Sequatchie ValleyTN
Tennessee River Gorge Trust (SCC manages parking/access trail)Managed by
30-ac TRGT property, half-mile bluff up to 120 ft, ~100 sport/trad routes 5.7-5.13d; parking and access trail leased/managed by Southeastern Climbers Coalition; seasonal peregrine nesting closures. Directions at seclimbers.org/project/castle-rock-2/.
1/2 mi of 80-120 ft bullet sandstone, 50+ sport/trad routes to 5.13d. Keep noise down, landowner lives below. OSM node 2223141610. MP has many ‘castle-rock’ IDs; 108613875 is the TN one listed under Tennessee.
Fee: Free (SCC lease)Dogs: No dogsHours: Out by dusk; no camping, no fires
Parking & getting there
SCC lot - see seclimbers.org
Maps & guidebooks
- Castle RockINTERACTIVE
- Chatt Steel South, 2nd ed. (Averbeck & Gentry, Rockery Press, 2020)
Nearby
Close to here
Sequatchie Cave State Natural Area (2019 Addition)
Sequatchie Cave State Natural Area
Fullerton Bluff
Lee Highway
Francis Springs boat access
Source: land managers · Also listed at seclimbers.org · OpenStreetMap (ODbL)
