Quartz Loop Bike Trail
Tennessee
Free — you'll pick up right here.
1.9 mi
Distance
430 ft
Gain
50 min
Time
No verdict for this trail
We won't guess. Here is exactly what we do and don't know.
What we do know
Inside Cherokee National Forest
2 managing-area boundaries mapped — agency alerts for them feed this page automatically.
Boundary data
What's missing
No access route mapped
We don't yet know which road reaches this trailhead, so we can't tell you if it's gated.
Nobody's filed a report here yet — be the first.
Why you'll love it
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Quartz Loop Bike Trail
Suggested plan · check conditions before you go
Meals
Gear for the day
Elevation & route
- Distance
- 1.9 mi
- Elevation gain
- 430 ft
- Elevation loss
- 409 ft
- Highest point
- 2,096 ft
- Lowest point
- 1,895 ft
Photos
Directions & GPX
Permits & access
- Managing agency
- Joint
- Dogs
- unknown
- Bikes
- no
About this trail
Quartz Loop Bike Trail is a 1.87-mile loop in Tennessee with 430 feet of elevation gain and 409 feet of elevation loss. The trail reaches a maximum elevation of 2,096 feet.
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