Kyles Ford WMA

Site Directions:  From the intersection of TN-70 and Highway 11W in Rogersville, Take TN-70 North for 16.3 miles.  Lat: 36.567929°N Long: -83.039388°W

From the intersection of TN-33 N and College Street in Sneedville, take TN-33 North for 11.4 miles. Turn right onto TN-70S and continue 0.3 miles.

The WMA is open year-round during daylight hours; however, closed to non-hunters during Big Game Hunts Only.  Access to the WMA is via multiple gates or entryways, primarily for foot travel only. The WMA may also be accessed by boat via the Clinch River using the TWRA kayak and canoe launch.  General access is free; however, license fees may apply.

TWRA Contact Information: Region 4 office: 1-423-587-7037, Toll Free: 1-800-332-0900, Email the office, Area Manager: David Sams 1-423-235-4882

Description: Kyles Ford consists of 1000 acres in Eastern Hancock and Northern Hawkins Counties. It lies on the Clinch River and features old fields, wetlands, thickets, and ridges managed primarily for small game.   For the birdwatcher, Kyles Ford is a great place in the East Tennessee area from fall through spring for a large variety of hawks, sparrows, and neotropical migrants.

TWRA, in partnership with The Nature Conservancy and other conservation groups in a combined effort to preserve the area’s rare, threatened, and endangered species of freshwater mussels.  The concerned area of the Upper Tennessee River watershed contains some of the most biologically diverse concentrations of freshwater mussels in the Continental United States.  It is also among the most degraded and threatened concentrations of mussels, containing some species that are globally unique. Kyle's Ford waterfall and hiking trails are located on the WMA.