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Dragon's Tail

Intermediate Intermediate
 4.0 (1)
  1. Areas
  2. AL
  3. …Northern Alabama
  4. …Fort Payne and Pine Ridge
  5. DeSoto State Park
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“A short, smooth, rolling trail with a very rocky section thrown in. ”

Shane Wallace
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0.7

Miles

1.1

KM

Point to Point

1,779' 542 m

High

1,683' 513 m

Low

17' 5 m

Up

114' 35 m

Down

4%

Avg Grade (2°)

12%

Max Grade (7°)

Dogs Unknown

Dogs must be leashed.

Description

This trail is bi-directional. The difficulty rating is due to a technical section that is on one end of the trail. One end of this trail is located at the Contact Station, which is the old entrance to DeSoto State Park while the other end of the trail is located on a chert road in the primitive camping area.

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Land Manager: Alabama State Parks

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Shane Wallace
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  4.0 from 1 vote

#6

in DeSoto State Park

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#6

in DeSoto State Park

#155

in Alabama

#19,548

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CCC Museum at DeSoto State Park, at entrance road and intersection of Knotty Pine Trail and Dragon's Tail Trail.
Mar 23, 2020 near Fort Payne, AL

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