It has been a busy month….and a very busy summer.  The last trip on my agenda for the summer was Nashville, TN. I have never been there before and I hear lots of great things.  My girlfriend, Nichole, has been there 4 times now.  She was tasked with showing me the ropes.  Aside from the food and the bars, we made time for some outdoors activities and adventuring. I did some research found some cool parks nearby such as The Warner Parks. We decided to rent a car for the day and made our trek ready to sweat off the beers, biscuits, and hot chicken.

We stayed in downtown Nashville and made the 20 minute drive to Edwin Warner Park first.  Here is where we started with a nice refreshing hike.  The weather held up for us and was perfect.  The park was easy to get to and there is ample parking. There is a nature center for water and bathrooms also.

We decided to take the Harpeth Woods Trail, which was roughly a 2.5 mile loop.  There are three trailheads in Edwin Warner Park which access the trail: Owl Hollow, Natchez Trace Trailhead, or the Nature Center Trailhead. We walked further down from the Nature Center and started at the Natchez Trace Trailhead.  The Harpeth Woods Trail is the blue trail.  The trail is very well marked, all we needed to do is follow the blue arrows.  Please note, this is a very popular park.  We were there on Labor Day but there isn’t a lot of options in the metro Nashville area.

This particular hike was a typical woodsy trail.  No scenic views but a good hike.  There were some cool rocks formations and bridges to cross.  There was a small part of the hike that was a nice incline but that was maybe 1/10 of a mile.  In my opinion, this was an easy hike based on my abilities.  I wore Nike training shoes and have a bum ankle still.  However, I can see this being moderate for others.  I did my best to take unique pics.

After the hike, we decided to venture to Percy Warner Park as well since it was only a mile away.  At this location, there is a cool landmark known as the Percy Warner Park Stairs.  This gives you a nice burn going up and a view from the top from where the trail heads start.

The last stop was Radnor Lake.  This location was only 20 minutes from the Warner Parks.  Since we had the rental car, we figured we would try to get in as much as possible.  This area was very, very busy and parking was an issue.  There are two parking entrances. One lot was completely full.  However, it is was a really nice ride to both entrances. We got to see pretty nice houses and scenic views.  Nichole even questioned some houses, "I wonder if someone famous lives here."  Once we got a parking space, we just quickly perused the lake and went on the bridge to see some views.  It’s cool for the area and I understand the traffic.  This sums up our labor day in Nashville.  I didn’t anticipate getting this much outdoors in so close to the city.

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Hi, I’m Mark. I live in Connecticut. I take new trips every chance I get. A good trip has a great hike, great food, and something fun to do. My goal is to search out new trips and share them to inspire others to try something new and exciting.

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