Tennessee · Rock climbing · Greeneville

Trash Garden Area

Trash Garden Area is a bouldering crag in Tennessee with 5 routes and 5 difficulty grades.

5 routes
V1+ – V4
Bouldering

Best time to visit Trash Garden Area

Best months: March–November. Best months have typical highs of 55–85 °F, lows of 30 °F or warmer (32 °F where the station doesn't record snow), at most one snowy day and no more than 12 wet days.

  1. Jan

    45° / 25°

    9 wet

  2. Feb

    50° / 29°

    9 wet

  3. Mar

    59° / 35°

    10 wet

  4. Apr

    69° / 44°

    9 wet

  5. May

    76° / 53°

    10 wet

  6. Jun

    83° / 61°

    10 wet

  7. Jul

    85° / 65°

    10 wet

  8. Aug

    85° / 63°

    8 wet

  9. Sep

    80° / 57°

    6 wet

  10. Oct

    70° / 45°

    7 wet

  11. Nov

    58° / 35°

    8 wet

  12. Dec

    48° / 29°

    9 wet

Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Rogersville 1 Ne, TN, 12.3 mi away at 1,355 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.

Trash Garden Area is a bouldering area in Tennessee, about a mile from the town of Locust Springs. It is a small cluster of boulders with five routes, all rated between V1+ and V4 on the V scale, so it works well for a short session of bouldering close to town. The most comfortable months for a visit are typically late spring and early fall. Typical averages from a nearby weather station in Rogersville show May highs around 76°F and October highs around 70°F, with September and October seeing the fewest wet days of the year. The routes here are all boulders, and the grade range runs from V1+ to V4. The most notable are Empty Pockets at V3 and Long Division at V4. Upper Blue Hole, another climbing area, is about 6 miles away, and Beech Creek offers canoeing at a similar distance.