25 miles south of Jelico

Post by **HJ7** » Sat Mar 06, 2004 1:39 am

I'm sure this may have been previously discussed; but what is the name of the rock formations you can see from I-75 in Tennesse. I saw some people climbing on my way back from the Smokies.

Post by **SCIN** » Sat Mar 06, 2004 1:44 am

Devil's Racetrack

Post by **andy_lemon** » Sat Mar 06, 2004 5:48 am

Yeh, that place looks freakin cool from the road.

Post by **HJ7** » Sat Mar 06, 2004 12:52 pm

Is this place on private property? What are the routes like?

Post by **SCIN** » Sat Mar 06, 2004 2:54 pm

Chossy, I hear.

Post by **Horatio Felacio** » Sat Mar 06, 2004 3:48 pm

a few routes are pretty cool. parking kinda sucks. don't leave valuables in vehicle.

Post by **Wicked Tribe** » Sat Mar 06, 2004 7:22 pm

Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds. Its woth going there just for that route.

Hamsco knows a bit about it.

Post by **Steve** » Mon Mar 08, 2004 12:20 am

Interesting spot, make sure you find the trail up to the rock and it isn't all that bad of an approach. Don't remember what routes we did, but I do remember falling in a creek. Seneca like fins of southern style sandstone, not blocky like SR, don't remember seeing any inspiring cracks. There was an on-line guide somewhere out there.

Post by **The Pirate** » Mon Mar 08, 2004 11:25 am

lucy in the sky is a cool route,it is worth hte drive alone.there are also a couple of good routes in between the fins. also a great route up the nose of the southern most fin. We camped in the state park near the crag. we got a guide out of boulder-dash news letter.

Post by **hamsco** » Wed Mar 10, 2004 2:16 am

I like climbing there. The rock is Quartzite, and the place has an adventure flavor. There are sport and trad routes.
We (James and I) did dislodge a large block, but I was off route. The main distraction is the road noise.

There is an alternative approach through the park, which makes for safer parking.

There is a picture of Lucy in the Sky on page 94 of Harrison's "Southeastern Rock"

I anyone wants route info, I have the mini guide.