Join Us in Building Community Trails

Building Trails Together for the Tellico Community

We are a dedicated group of volunteers committed to creating and maintaining walking trails in our community. Join us in making a positive impact for the Tellico Village community through nature and teamwork.

25+

30+

Current Volunteers

Pilgrim Way

Miles of Walking Trails

Supporting Existing Trails

Our volunteers create and maintain beautiful walking trails for everyone in Tellico Village to use and enjoy. We'd love for you to join us!

Choose from several volunteer areas where you are needed ...

Trail Builders (affectionately known as "The Chain Gang")

Our "buff" team of volunteers build Tellico trails with nothing more than hand tools. It is, however, very rewarding to forge a new walking trail for community enjoyment and health. The camaraderie that develops is all part of the fun and hard work. Talk about a fitness effort, this team rocks!

Trail Ambassadors

This team generates plans and ideas for supporting Trail Builders and Trail Friends. Creating awareness events like cookouts and new trail celebrations. These volunteers can also help identify and acquire business and caring individual sponsors to help us achieve the future goals listed below. Learn more here.

Trail Friends

The Tellico Village Trail Friends are volunteers who choose to adopt a trail or a portion of a trail. They maintain their 'adopted' trail/portion throughout the year as needed. Learn more here.

Suggest a New Trail

Simply use our contact form on this site and share your idea for a possible new trail location in Tellico Village. If it's approved, you can also recommend a name for the trail!

Help us Improve our Trail System

We are dedicated to enhancing our trail system so there are safe, delightful trails for any Tellico resident who loves nature and wants to enjoy the outdoors. The community's commitment to trails, parks, amenities and greenspace fuels our Builders, Friends and Ambassadors.

In addition to continuously building and maintaining trails, below is a list of our exciting future goals.

If you would like helping a cause where you see tangible results, please join us!

Benches, Fitness Stations & More

We'd like to add fitness stations along key trails, and benches on trails for rest and relaxation... a chance to take in the beauty of our forested community. Additionally, we'd like to create small area parks along some trails for birders and peaceful enjoyment of our surroundings.

Trail Maps

We'd also like to improve our existing maps and generate maps for new trails to include things like difficulty ratings, parking availability and trail length.

Trail Signage and Markers

Our plans include improving directional signage and markers to guide and inform trail walkers along the way.

Sponsors

We receive basic annual funding from Tellico Parks & Recreation as well as from the Timeless Tellico Foundation. However, to achieve our future goals, we definitely need additional sponsors, particularly for hardscape improvements. Sponsors will have first consideration for suggesting trails names or having signage indicating their sponsorship at trailheads.

Tellico residents are committed to maintaining the distinctiveness that initially attracted many of us to the area.

The community's commitment to trails, parks, and greenspace preservation fuels our Tellico Village Trail Crew. It drives our future plans to continue to enhance the quality of life at Tellico while preserving its unique desirability.