Hood Loop Trail

Hood Loop Trail: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this trek: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Hood Loop Trail

Season: October to February.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

How to reach Hood Loop Trail — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 34.64557, -85.38420. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Hood Loop Trail

• Pigeon Mountain · viewpoint · DeKalb · ~2 km · Must-see
• Petty John's Cave · cave · DeKalb · ~3 km · Must-see
• Ellison's Cave · cave · DeKalb · ~4 km · Must-see
• McLemore Cove · viewpoint · DeKalb · ~9 km · Must-see
• Straight Gut Valley · viewpoint · DeKalb · ~11 km · Must-see
• Taylor Ridge · viewpoint · Walker · ~18 km · Must-see
• Paradise Garden · church · Chattooga · ~20 km · Must-see
• Cloudland Canyon State Park · sanctuary · Dade · ~28 km · Must-see
• Taylor Ridge · viewpoint · Cherokee · ~29 km · Must-see
• James H."Sloppy" Floyd State Park · park · Chattooga · ~30 km · Must-see
• Missionary Ridge · viewpoint · Walker · ~31 km · Must-see
• Johns Mountain · sanctuary · Cherokee · ~32 km · Must-see
• Desoto State Park · sanctuary · DeKalb · ~35 km · Must-see
• Lake Marvin · lake · DeKalb · ~36 km · Must-see
• Wilder Brigade Monument · fort · East Tennessee · ~39 km · Must-see
• Slygo Valley · viewpoint · East Tennessee · ~40 km · Must-see
• Rocky Mountain Project · sanctuary · Cherokee · ~40 km · Must-see
• Big Texas Valley · viewpoint · Cherokee · ~41 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Hood Loop Trail

Other treks near Hood Loop Trail

• Pinhoti Trail · trek · Cleburne · ~99 km · Must-see
• Fiery Gizzard Trail · trek · East Tennessee · ~88 km
• Appalachian Approach Trail · trek · Dawson · ~133 km
• Hogjowl Trail · trek · Walker · ~5 km
• Chamberlain Trail · trek · Walker · ~6 km
• Great Eastern Trail - Old Georgia Roadwalk · trek · Walker · ~9 km
• Chickamauga Creek Trail · trek · Whitfield · ~28 km
• Cloudland Canyon Connector · trek · Walker · ~30 km
• Johns Mountain Trail · trek · Walker · ~33 km
• Green Trail · trek · DeKalb · ~34 km

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