{"id":42,"date":"2020-02-04T16:17:39","date_gmt":"2020-02-04T16:17:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/norrislakeproject.com\/nats\/?page_id=42"},"modified":"2026-03-04T17:28:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T17:28:07","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/norrislakeproject.com\/nats\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"42\" class=\"elementor elementor-42\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7d915e6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7d915e6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c10557a\" data-id=\"c10557a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-488a9f4b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"488a9f4b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Norris Lake Area Trail System<\/h3><p>The Norris Lake Area Trail System (NATS) consist of the hiking, biking and horseback riding trails surrounding Norris Lake in East Tennessee.\u00a0 There are a total of 95 miles of trails adjacent to the shoreline of Norris Lake within 15 miles of each other.\u00a0 The trails are at Anderson County Park, Big Ridge State Park, Loyston Point, Norris Dam State Park, Norris Watershed and Norris Dam (Songbird Trail).<\/p><p>Norris Lake is nestled in the Cumberland Mountains of East Tennessee and offer numerous recreation opportunities.\u00a0 While water sports are the most popular lake activities, the trails that surround Norris Lake are a very close second.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1e9b2b4\" data-id=\"1e9b2b4\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8525f73 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8525f73\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/norrislakeproject.com\/nats\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_6256-altered-scaled.jpg?fit=683%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" 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\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7f1270f1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7f1270f1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-77163bb4\" data-id=\"77163bb4\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4657882 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4657882\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" 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1\/2 mile to 5 miles, 11 trails for mountain biking totaling 22 miles connected to 30 miles of trails at Norris Watershed<\/li><li>Norris Watershed Trails-30 miles of hiking and mountain biking trails<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tva.com\/environment\/recreation\/tva-trails\/tva-trails-detail-page\/river-bluff-trail\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">River Bluff Trail<\/a>-3.2 Mile loop for hiking\u00a0<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tva.com\/environment\/recreation\/tva-trails\/tva-trails-detail-page\/songbird-trail\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Songbird Trail at Norris Dam<\/a>-2 mile waking trail at Norris Dam along Clinch River<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8b062f8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8b062f8\" 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we suggest the following route.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a06a4f5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a06a4f5\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-248c4bc\" data-id=\"248c4bc\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-33249f6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"33249f6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" 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Donations help fund trail maintenance, signage, and conservation efforts, ensuring these beautiful natural spaces remain accessible for everyone to enjoy. Every contribution directly supports the continued growth and sustainability of the trail system.\n\n&nbsp;\n<div style=\"overflow: auto; display: flex; flex-direction: column; justify-content: flex-end; align-items: center; width: 259px; background: #ffffff; border: 1px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) -2px 10px 5px; border-radius: 10px; font-family: 'SQ Market', 'SQ Market', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 20px;\"><a style=\"display: inline-block; font-size: 18px; line-height: 48px; height: 48px; color: #ffffff; min-width: 212px; background-color: #19802a; text-align: center; box-shadow: 0 0 0 1px rgba(0,0,0,.1) inset; border-radius: 50px;\" href=\"https:\/\/square.link\/u\/8D75rQjn?src=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donate<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Norris Lake Area Trail System The Norris Lake Area Trail System (NATS) consist of the hiking, biking and horseback riding trails surrounding Norris Lake in East Tennessee.\u00a0 There are a total of 95 miles of trails adjacent to the shoreline <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/norrislakeproject.com\/nats\/\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-42","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/norrislakeproject.com\/nats\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/42","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/norrislakeproject.com\/nats\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/norrislakeproject.com\/nats\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/norrislakeproject.com\/nats\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/norrislakeproject.com\/nats\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/norrislakeproject.com\/nats\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/42\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1216,"href":"https:\/\/norrislakeproject.com\/nats\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/42\/revisions\/1216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/norrislakeproject.com\/nats\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}