Caney Bottom Trail (#361)
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Route of the Caney Bottom Trail as tracked by the Gaia GPS app and depicted a la Google Earth...
Route of the Caney Bottom Trail as tracked by the Gaia GPS app...
Caney Bottom Trailhead @ Cove Creek Group Camp -- 2,650'
The southern terminus of the Caney Bottom Trail (left) is located approximately 4/10-mile from Forest Service Road 475, at the Cove Creek Group Camp access road entrance. This spot is just before the access road reaches the first of the group campsites...
Caney Bottom Trailhead @ Cove Creek Group Camp -- 2,650'
The Caney Bottom Trail as it departs the access road...
The lower portion of the trail remains fairly flat as it circles around the adjacent group camping area...
It's a good idea to pay close attention to trail blazes on this stretch near the campground as numerous spur paths cut away from the main route...
The tempting smell of a campfire cooking often wafts through the woods along the lower Caney Bottom Trail...
The trail starts to gain a bit of elevation between the lower and upper camping areas...
Steadily climbing now, the trail begins to veer away from the campground up the valley of Cove Creek...
Caney Bottom/Cove Creek Trail Lower Junction -- 2,780'
Around a half-mile above the access road the Caney Bottom Trail veers down the hillside to the right, at its lower junction with the Cove Creek Trail (straight, left)...
Leaving the junction the trail now heads down to the adjacent valley floor...
As the trail makes a number of turns alongside the creek it is important, once again, to pay close attention to blazes to keep on the right track...