3 hr 5 min
By car from the Public Square, 160 mi
Field Guide 04 · Tennessee State Parks
Frozen Head State Park
24,000 acres of the Cumberland Mountains near Wartburg, named for a peak that is often iced over in winter. A hiker's park: 19 trails, among them nine miles of the Cumberland Trail and the 7-mile Chimney Top Trail, with waterfalls and two primitive campgrounds.
Morgan CountyWartburgOpenChecked October 20, 2026
24,000
Acres
384,223
Visitors in fiscal 2022
19
Trails listed, 52.5 miles
Camp
Overnight: camping
5
Activities the state lists
What's there
Things to do
- Biking
- Birding
- Camping
- Fishing
- Hiking
On site
- Bike Trails
- Birding
- Campground
- Fishing
- Gift Shop
- Horseback Riding
- Playground
- Trails
- Visitor Center
- Waterfalls
The trails
| Trail | Miles | Difficulty | Surface | Now |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bird Mountain Trail | 4.25 | Difficult | Natural | Open |
| Chimney Top Trail | 7.05 | Difficult | Natural | Open |
| Coffin Springs Trail | 0.7 | Easy | Natural | Open |
| Cumberland Trail - Frozen Head Section | 9.05 | Difficult | Natural | Open |
| East Lookout Tower Trail | 2.25 | Moderate | Natural | Open |
| Emory Gap Trail | 0.5 | Easy | Natural | Open |
| Interpretive Trail | 0.5 | Easy | Natural | Open |
| Judge Branch Trail | 1.2 | Easy | Natural | Open |
| Lookout Tower Trail | — | — | Natural | Open |
| North Bird Mountain Trail | 6.35 | Difficult | Natural | Open |
| North Old Mac Trail | 3.55 | Moderate | Natural | Open |
| Old Mac Trail | 0.3 | Easy | Natural | Open |
| Old Prison Mine Trail | 0.4 | Easy | Natural | Open |
| Panther Branch Trail | 2.25 | Moderate | Natural | Open |
| Ross Gap Trail | 2.1 | Moderate | Natural | Open |
| South Old Mac Trail | 2.7 | Moderate | Natural | Open |
| Spicewood Trail | 2.55 | Difficult | Natural | Open |
| Storybook Trail | 0.45 | Easy | Gravel | Open |
| West Lookout Tower Trail | 6.3 | Moderate | Natural | Open |
As the park's hiking page lists them on October 20, 2026. Lengths are one way unless the trail is a loop, and some trails share ground, so the total is the sum of the list, not the miles on the ground.
Where to camp
- Frozen Head Big Cove CampingPrimitive · Group Camp
- Frozen Head Flat Fork CampgroundPrimitive · Group Camp
Getting there
964 Flat Fork Road, Wartburg, TN 37887
Park office: 1-423-346-3318
The park's page at Tennessee State Parks
Campsites, cabins and lodge rooms are booked online through the park's page or by phone at 1-888-867-2757, the state's reservation line.
Nearby
- Fort Southwest Point State Historic Park18 miles away as the crow flies · 2 hr 35 min from Franklin
- Cove Lake State Park21 miles away as the crow flies · 3 hr 25 min from Franklin
- Norris Dam State Park23 miles away as the crow flies · 3 hr 20 min from Franklin
- Cumberland Mountain State Park32 miles away as the crow flies · 2 hr 15 min from Franklin
How we know
Every fact on this page but the summary at the top is the state's, read on the date above, except the drive: that is Valhalla's route on OpenStreetMap's roads from Franklin's Public Square to the park office, with no traffic, rounded to five minutes. Visits are the park plan's count for the year named, mostly from traffic counters. How the guide was made.
- The park. Tennessee State Parks: the Find a Park list, the park's own page, its hiking page and its camping page, read October 20, 2026.
- Acres. The park's strategic management plan.
- Visitors. The park's strategic management plan, its site fact sheet for fiscal 2022 (July 2021 to June 2022).