Metal Ford
Metal Ford Road Hohenwald, TN 38462
Daylight
$
outdoor-adventures, water-activities
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Take the kids for a refreshing afternoon at Metal Ford.
If you are in the Hohenwald area, it’s a sunny and hot summer day, it’s a great opportunity to hit up the Metal Ford swimming hole to cool down. It’s right off the trace, it’s family-friendly and quite peaceful. The area has a few rocky “beaches” for any camp chairs, towels, and changes of clothes. The water is dark and can have a bit of a current after rains, so the smallest swimmers will need a life jacket. The depth ranges from ankle deep to waist deep and sometimes it’s hard to see where the depth changes. We saw a few kayakers and fishermen. Up the creek (to the right) are a few small rocky rapid features. We did not see any bathrooms.
Pack: water shoes that are grippy, towel, change of clothes, camp chair, snack, water bottle, life jacket for small kids, swimsuit, sunscreen, hat.
Latitude: 35.46321
Longitude: -87.47895
Milepost: 382.8
From Hohenwald, Tennessee
- Head west on E Main St toward N Park St (66 ft)
- Turn left at the 1st cross street onto S Park St (0.4 mi)
- Turn left onto E 4th Ave (0.3 mi)
- Continue onto Buffalo Rd (407 ft)
- Slight left onto TN-20 E/TN-99 W; Continue to follow TN-20 E (5.9 mi)
- Turn left onto Meriwether Lewis Park Rd (0.1 mi)
- Turn right at Campground Rd (0.2 mi)
- Turn right onto Natchez Trace Pkwy; Destination will be on the left (0.4 mi)