page_title: Frozen Head State Park
section_title: Hiking trails
hierarchical_section_title: Frozen Head State Park / Park facilities / Hiking trails
caption_attribution_description: The Judge Branch Trailhead at Frozen Head State Park in the Cumberland Mountains of Tennessee, USA. The Judge Branch Trail follows the south bank of the stream of the same name. The Spicewood Trail is on the right.
context_page_description: Frozen Head State Park and Natural Area is a state park in Morgan County, Tennessee, in the southeastern United States. The park, situated in the Crab Orchard Mountains between the city of Wartburg and the community of Petros, contains some of the highest mountains in Tennessee west of the Blue Ridge.
  Frozen Head State Park consists of approximately 24,000 acres, all but 330 acres of which is classified as a state natural area. The terrain varies between 1,300 ft to over 3,000 ft with 14 peaks at or over 3,000 feet. Frozen Head, the park's namesake, is the highest peak at 3,324 feet. The mountain's name comes from its snow-capped appearance in colder months. The park's highest elevations allow for unobstructed views of East Tennessee's three main physiographic features: the Cumberland Plateau, the Tennessee Valley, and across the valley, the Great Smoky Mountains.
context_section_description: Approximately 80 miles (130 km) of hiking trail connect the remote sections of Frozen Head State Park.  Most of the trailheads are located near the park offices, with lesser-used trailheads located at Armes Gap (above Petros) and just off Highway 62 to the south.  Most of the trails are open only to hiking, although mountain biking is allowed on the Lookout Tower Trail, which leads to the summit of Frozen Head.
  The Chimney Top Trail connects the park offices with Frozen Head via Chimney Top Mountain.  The trail rises along Rough Ridge, descends briefly to the Taylor Branch Valley, and ascends Chimney Top Mountain from the west.  From the caprocks, the trail proceeds eastward across the ridge crest to Mart Fields.  The caprocks are relatively steep and rise 15–20 feet above the trail, although they can be scaled without technical climbing gear.
  Hiking trails ascend the north and south slopes of Old Mac Mountain and Bird Mountain, intersecting the main trail where the mountains intersect the main ridge.  The Bird Mountain trailheads are located at the campground.  The Old Mac Mountain trailheads are located along the interpretive trail, a short distance from the parking lot.
  A section of the Cumberland Trail traverses the south slope of Bird Mountain (this section of the trail runs congruent with the South Bird Mountain Trail).  When the trail is completed, the Cumberland Trail's Frozen Head segment will consist of a 20-mile (32 km) stretch connecting the Smoky Mountain segment (Smoky Mountain is north of Fork Mountain, not to be confused with the Great Smoky Mountains) to the northeast with the Obed River segment to the southwest.
caption: The Judge Branch Trailhead
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