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Chatata Valley Loop

Nearby Towns & Parks

Cleveland

Length

25.00 Miles

Elevation Range

1500

Terrain

Road Cycling

Features

Farmland, Mountains

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About This Route

The Chatata Valley Loop is a scenic ride featuring fun, twisty backroads through farmlands and excellent pavement - plus a fantastic winery with a panoramic view of the mountains of the Cherokee National Forest. Don't be fooled by this route's short length - this is hill country, and many of the punchy climbs on this route are in the double-digit grades. So be prepared to gear down and power up the steep pitches. It's a challenging route that feels much longer than 25 miles, but it is well worth the effort to take in the surrounding mountains and scenery.

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Person in a blue outfit in a wheelchair on a gravel path through a vineyard, with vines on posts and scenic hills in the background.
A curved, twisting tree trunk foregrounds a green field with a person on a blue tricycle in the distance.
A person in a wheelchair traveling along a gravel rural road lined with vines and wooden posts, with hills in the distance.
Person on a blue recumbent tricycle on a road shoulder, wearing a helmet, waving with scenery of fields and hills behind.
A man in a blue cycling outfit sits in a blue recumbent bike with a helmet, giving a thumbs-up near a “Mountainview Winery” banner.

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