A half-hour west toward Kingston Springs, the Harpeth doubles back on itself so tightly that the river runs within a couple hundred yards of where it started, and pioneers punched a tunnel through the rock ridge between. It's a Class I float made for beginners and families: gentle riffles, bluff ove
Try: The 5-mile canoe loop that ends a short walk from where you launched, thanks to the river's hairpin Narrows