BRCC Running Guide
  • Overview
  • BRCC Running Guide
    • Planning Runs From BRCC >
      • Running Schedule Suggested
      • Printing of Schedule
  • Moses Cone Park Trails
    • Bass Lake
    • Trout Lake Loop
    • Bass Lake to Rich Mtn. & Return
    • Flat Top Mountain
    • Manor House Loop
    • Black Bottom Loop
  • Other Trails to Consider
    • Virginia Creeper Trail
    • Trails Within Short Driving Distances

BASS lAKE

Head Southwest on Goforth Rd (left at end of driveway). After you see the golf course on your left turn right onto Sunset Drive.  Go just a short way and turn right onto Possum Hollow Rd.  After about 3/4 mile you will come to a traffic light on Hwy 321.  Turn left and then go to the next traffic light and turn right onto Main Steet.  Go about a half mile and at the traffic light turn right onto Hwy 221 (Yonahlossee Rd.)  From that traffic light you go about a half mile and you will see signs pointing you to the parking lot for Bass Lake.
Bass Lake Loop
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Bass Lake is the red trail and The Maze is the green trail
There is a restroom and water near the access point to the Bass Lake Loop Trail. 
Each loop is .95 mile.  The trail is well maintained is is very flat.
Remember do not run in large groups,  2 or 3 running together should be OK. 
Always veer around walkers.  Do not make them get off the trail for you.
Bus Parking is not available but you should be able to park on Hwy 221
The Maze
The Maze is a 2.88 mile loop that can easily be added to the Bass Lake loop.  From the parking lot at Bass lake you can link Bass Lake and the Maze together and run in a figure 8 like pattern,  From the parking lot start running counter clockwise around the lake.  Just keep the lake on your left. 
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In .37 mile you should cross over a bridge with stone side rails. That is where you should go up the trail on the right.
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Just after passing behind the Apple Barn you will see a trail off to the left. DO NOT TAKE THE LEFT TRAIL STAY RIGHT ON THE MAIN TRAIL.
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You will be running the Maze loop in a clockwise manner. From the bridge you will up a challenging hill for .49 mile until you turn right onto The Maze trail
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From there just stay on the main trail and you will get back to Bass Lake where you turn right across the bridge and then keep the lake on your left to go the rest of the way around the lake to complete the figure 8. (Follow red line).
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You then go .19 of a mile where you stay left to go around behind the Apple Barn.
If you want a little more milage just continue doing loops around Bass Lake
Total miles for the figure 8 course is 3.8 miles.  Add loops around Bass Lake if you need a little more mileage.
As an alternative you can run the Maze in a  counter clockwise direction.  Just turn right before you cross the bridge onto The Maze Trail.  This way is a little easier as the up hills are not as steep..  Make sure to go left at the Apple Barn not down Black Bottom Rd.
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  • Overview
  • BRCC Running Guide
    • Planning Runs From BRCC >
      • Running Schedule Suggested
      • Printing of Schedule
  • Moses Cone Park Trails
    • Bass Lake
    • Trout Lake Loop
    • Bass Lake to Rich Mtn. & Return
    • Flat Top Mountain
    • Manor House Loop
    • Black Bottom Loop
  • Other Trails to Consider
    • Virginia Creeper Trail
    • Trails Within Short Driving Distances