Picture compliments of pics-4-city
Maps:
Watershed Map (to find location and size of creek) Click Here
Special thanks to Steve Zerfos for making the map.
Topo Map: Click Here
A special thanks to Randy Hale of NorthRiverGeographic for the map
Location:
From: http://www.montesano.com/hikeweb/gizzard.htm
Off of Highway 41 between Monteagle and Tracy City. Take I-24 to the Monteagle/Sewanee exit (exit 134). Drive into Monteagle and turn onto Hwy 41 (the road isn't marked well, but it's the only major T-intersection in Monteagle). Drive toward Tracy City. The South Cumberland Recreation Area Visitor's Center will be on your left after about a mile. It's worth stopping here to get a map of the area and to see their terrain relief map. Continue on toward Tracy City. Look for a brown sign for the Grundy State Forest on your right just outside of Tracy City (if you pass a cemetery on your right, you've gone too far). You will leave the road and drive toward a school. The Grundy Forest parking lot is just behind the school's softball field.
River Description:
This is one is short and sweet and has a lot of press due to being so close to the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee. It is a straight forward creeking run that a beginner creeker can have fun on.
In the beginning you have a nice Class II warm-up , then it picks up a little bit for some Class II.5 action.
Once you come to the confluence of Little Fiery Gizzard , now you know why you came...some call the big one...The Monkey, it's a very straight forward drop that is visually appealing with a undercut on the bottom.
The best part of the run, is that you don't need a shuttle, you can hike the trail and that it is in a State Park and it's protected and that's pretty cool.
