Also see GORP info on Cherokee National Forest . See our trail map . Starr Mountain lies just to the north of the Hiwassee River across from Oswald Dome . The Gee Creek Wilderness area occupies its southwest corner. The Cherokee National Forest lies along the western slopes of the Appalachians in East Tennessee.
Horse trails are also open to mountain bikers.
There are a few single-track trails open to bicycles, but bicycles are not permitted on hiking trails or in the Gee Creek Wilderness. Starr Mountain provides several loops along gravel roads and horse trails with views both to the south and to the west. The trails are through hardwoods and some southern pine. The rutted jeep road climbs steadily for 2.6 miles to 1820' where it curls around Chestnut Mountain. Ride down 0.2 miles where you leave the pavement heading north on the gravel road.