Paint Rock is a 6.1 mile moderately trafficked out and back trail located near Greeneville, Tennessee that features beautiful wild flowers and is rated as difficult. The trail offers a number of activity options and is accessible year-round. Dogs are also able to use this trail but must be kept on leash.
Well, I don’t know...perhaps I’ve been spoiled here lately with the beautiful hikes I’ve been on. This one was ok. Not my favorite and I probably won’t do it again. With that said, the road to the trailhead was closed so I hiked in 1.6 miles to the trailhead. Once there my dumb dumb brain could not find the trailhead. So I like scrambled up a rock wall to get to where it wanted me to be. With about a half mile of back and forths I realized I’m an idiot and should have just followed the trail for chimney. My bad for not researching and just winging it. Haha. There were some pretty overlooks but being winter still everything was kinda sad and pathetic to look at. If you’re looking for easy mileage, incline and more of a moderate (wouldn’t rate this hard) hike then it’s worth checking out once. Maybe when things are blooming and green...I can imagine it would be super pretty then! I had the entire trail to myself (probably because the road was closed) which was lovely as well. Meh, hiked better, hiked worse.