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Paint Rock route map
Difficulty: DifficultOut and Back
Tennessee

Paint Rock

Greeneville, Tennessee

6.1 mi

Distance

2,520 ft

Elev. Gain

3h 10m

Est. Time

Out & Back

Route Type

Difficult

Difficulty

About This Trail

We don't publish a description for Paint Rock unless we can point you at the agency it came from. We don't have one yet. The planning figures above — distance, elevation gain, estimated time, route type — come from the source listed on this trail.

The managing agency is the authority for conditions, closures and route notes. See official sources below. Spot something we should add?

Trail Conditions

Trail Conditions

Unknown

We have no current condition data for this trail. Check with the operator before you go, and submit a report below if you've been recently.

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Elevation Profile

Min:384 ft
Max:737 ft
Gain:768 ft
Loss:768 ft
Elevation profileA line rising and falling between 384 ft and 737 ft across 6.1 mi along the route, drawn from start to end.384 ft502 ft619 ft737 ft0.0 mi1.5 mi3.1 mi4.6 mi6.1 mi

Elevation at the labelled points along this route
PointDistance from startElevation
Start0.0 mi384 ft
High point1.9 mi737 ft
End6.1 mi384 ft

Trail Details

Route Type
Out & Back

Official sources & verification

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Where it is

Nearest town:
Hot Springs, NC · about 4 mi away
County:
Cocke County, TN

Nearest town and county from U.S. Census Bureau place records and county boundaries.

We display cached information from agency feeds. Hours, fees, permits, closures, fire restrictions, and conditions change without notice. Outdoors is not the permitting authority. Confirm current conditions for this trail using the links above before you go — you are responsible for compliance. Last verified by us: May 23, 2026. Our copy is more than a month old — please reconfirm with the agency before relying on it.Spot an error in our data?

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Path geometry came from our pre-launch legacy database. Routes have not yet been re-verified against the operator and may differ from the actual trail.

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