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Dragon's Tail

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

Shane Wallace
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0.7

Miles

1.1

KM
Singletrack

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

E-Bikes Unknown

Dogs must be leashed.

Description

This trail is bi-directional and has great flow. 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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Trail Ratings

  4.0 from 3 votes

#7

in DeSoto State Park

#13063

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  4.0 from 3 votes
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Trail Rankings

#7

in DeSoto State Park

#177

in Alabama

#13,063

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Making the turn to head down a rocky section. Even more challenging climbing out.
May 22, 2013 near Fort Payne, AL
CCC Museum at DeSoto State Park, at entrance road and intersection of Knotty Pine Trail and Dragon's Tail Trail.
Jun 2, 2014 near Fort Payne, AL

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