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Dae Dae
Sport climber
Peoria, IL
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Topic Author's Original Post - Apr 25, 2017 - 03:04pm PT
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I am going down to Tennessee to check the area out around Nashville and see if I want to move there, and I want to see if there are any good climbing areas nearby. Any suggestions?
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Q- Ball
Mountain climber
but to scared to climb them anymore
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Apr 25, 2017 - 03:38pm PT
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Obed and Clear Creek have been my favorite, but a bit of a drive from Nashville.
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Jim Herrington
Mountain climber
New York, NY
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Apr 26, 2017 - 06:17am PT
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Depends on what you mean by "around".
Chattanooga is 2 hours SE of Nashville, miles and miles of A++ quality sandstone crag climbing. Lots of trad.
https://www.mountainproject.com/v/the-tennessee-wall/105851828
Foster Falls, very good sport climbing (with a great swimming hole), is 1 hour 45 minutes SE of Nashville.
https://www.mountainproject.com/v/foster-falls/105883248
Obed/Clear Creek, lots of sport climbing, excellent quality sandstone, is 2 hours due East from Nashville.
https://www.mountainproject.com/v/obed--clear-creek/105891970
More Tennessee climbing:
https://www.mountainproject.com/v/tennessee/105887760
A little farther east is North Carolina, for bigger walls, multi-pitch, often more trad-based but not always.
Whitesides, big wall, runout, trad/aid, 5.5 hours from Nashville:
https://www.mountainproject.com/v/whiteside-mountain/105965576
Looking Glass Rock. Big granite dome, trad, single and multi-pitch.
https://www.mountainproject.com/v/looking-glass-rock/105873294
Linville Gorge, multi-pitch moderate trad, 5.5 hours from Nashville:
https://www.mountainproject.com/v/linville-gorge/105873285
Rumbling Bald, trad/sport, single and multi-pitch/bouldering. Granite/gneiss. Excellent winter climbing. 5.5 hours east of Nashville.
https://www.mountainproject.com/v/rumbling-bald/105891895
More NC climbing:
https://www.mountainproject.com/v/north-carolina/105873282
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Alan Rubin
climber
Amherst,MA.
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Apr 26, 2017 - 06:38am PT
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In addition to those areas mentioned by Jim above, King's Bluff is the 'local' Nashville crag, maybe a 1/2 hour from the city. This is a limestone crag with a good selection of single-pitch routes, mostly sport, across the grades. It is owned and managed by the Southeastern Climbers Coalition. While perhaps not as high quality a crag as many of those listed above, it is still very worthwhile. A number of other areas worth visiting also are within a closer drive than those included in Jim's list.
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