The paved road to the swimming area is closed to motorized vehicles during the winter months. The Bull Bluff road is closed for deer hunting one weekend in October, November, and December each year. For 2008, closed dawn til noon, April 5-6 and 12-13. See reservation turkey hunt map. In the fall 2007, the area is closed Nov 10-11, Dec 1-2, Dec 15-16 see deer hunt map.
See trail map or aerial image.
Description: The Gallaher Bend Road (a.k.a, Bull Bluff Road) is part of the DOE reservation off of the west end of Clark Center Recreation Park. Pedestrian and bicycle access to the road was obtained by Greenways Oak Ridge in cooperation with the City of Oak Ridge and DOE. See the Oak Ridger article (May, 1997) describing the Gallaher Bend greenway.
From the west end of the pavement, start on a packed gravel road. Go around the gate. The gravel road gently rolls 2 miles through the woods before ending at the top of a hill. The last 0.3 miles is steeper and rutted. You can take a right at the end of the final climb and take a 0.4 track along the edge of the woods that loops back to gravel road where it re-enters the woods. (In 2007, the gravel was extended along the edge of the woods to the end of the loop.)
For more info on Oak Ridge, visit the Oak Ridge Visitors Bureau.
