Join us in Creating Trails & Preserving our Greenspace

Building Trails, Enhancing our natural Tellico Community

We are a dedicated group of volunteers committed to Tellico Village's Greenspace. From creating and maintaining walking trails to restoring forests and meadows to their original glory, we are making a positive impact for the Tellico Village community through nature and teamwork. Your help can make a difference!

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 & Greenscape Beautification

The Wild Bunch is a group of Tellico Village neighbors restoring native wildflowers and meadows to our greenspaces. No experience needed—just a love of nature and the desire to help keep our community thriving.

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.

Help us Improve our Trail System

We are dedicated to enhancing our trail system and greenspace environment. Our goal is to provide delightful walking trails for any Tellico resident interested in enjoying nature outdoors. The community's commitment to trails, parks, and greenspace always fuels our desires to create outstanding natural, outdoor experiences.

In addition to continuously building and maintaining trails, below is a list of our exciting future goals. If you'd like to join a cause where you see tangible, lasting results from your efforts, 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.