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Scenic trail leading to a historic spring.


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Map Key

0.8

Miles

1.4

KM

85%

Runnable

1,431' 436 m

High

995' 303 m

Low

38' 11 m

Up

446' 136 m

Down

11%

Avg Grade (6°)

26%

Max Grade (15°)

Dogs Leashed

Features River/Creek · Waterfall · Wildflowers

Description

Trough Springs trail starts at the Monte Sano Blvd Land trust Parking lot and runs to Trough Springs, a historic spring with a natural through used by Native Americans, early pioneers and civil war soldiers for fresh drinking water.

The trail descends almost constantly from the trailhead to its end. The first section from the start to the intersection with Natural Well is relatively rock-free but has a small wooden bridge that is very slippery when wet. After Natural Well trail, there is nice decline through some cool rock formations before flattening out until it reaches the intersection with the Discovery Trail. This is also where the trail gets a lot rockier.

From the Discovery Trail, it continues a steady descent before getting markedly steeper around Trough Springs around 2/3 of a mile. After Trough Springs, the trail flattens out until it takes hard right at the Bushwhacker Johnson trail onto an old logging road.

This section is quite boring with not much see aside from the occasional rock outcropping. There are no trail markers here either and you have to make your best guess as to where the logging road is. Eventually, you reach a some signage nailed to a tree indicating the end of the land trust property. If you are able to continue on you are near an abandon section the Big Cove Turnpike. But this section has not been turned into a trail like the Big Cove Turnpike at Burritt.

Contacts

Land Manager: Burritt on the Mountain

Shared By:

Luke Brisk

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Photos

The trail is smooth and clear near the parking lot.
Mar 19, 2017 near Huntsville, AL
March Blizzard
Mar 23, 2020 near Huntsville, AL
Space Shuttle marking the continuation of the Discovery trail to the other side of Monte Sano Blvd.
Jul 27, 2015 near Huntsville, AL
Small rock walls on Through Springs.
Jul 23, 2015 near Huntsville, AL

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