HIKE STATS:
Meeting Time: 2:30 PM
Meeting Place: Deep Well trailhead of Percy Warner Park
Hike Distance: 4.5 total miles
Estimated Hike Time: 2 hours
Difficulty: Moderate
Hike Leader: David Patterson
Notes: Dogs on a leash okay

The Mossy Ridge Trail is the longest of the three loop footpaths in the Warner Parks. It is the quietest and least used loop as well. An ideal training hike, the path leaves the Deep Well trailhead and winds through rich hollows and dry ridges of the Harpeth Hills, making frequent but never sustained elevation changes. Scattered in the woods are big trees and a spring-fed waterfall. At 4.5 miles, the Mossy Ridge Trail qualifies as a full-fledged hike that will not disappoint. If it weren't for some park road crossings and a little road noise from the highway, hikers could be in a remote swath of Middle Tennessee back in the days when Nashvillians traveled by horse. You will be traveling by foot in cove hardwood forests and along hickory/ oak/cedar ridges in Percy Warner Park, where the hiking rivals any city park in the country.
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Warner Parks trail map

Directions to Deep Well entrance of Percy Warner Park:

From the point where Highway 100 begins at Highway 70 near the Belle Meade Post Office, head west on 100 1.7 miles to the large stone gates on the left that mark the entrance of Percy Warner Park. Turn left from Highway 100 and pass through the gates, staying right when the road splits. Reach the Deep Well trailhead parking at 0.6 miles. The Warner Woods and Mossy Ridge Trails start behind the trailside kiosk.

Be kind to the environment and your parks by carpooling to this event.