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Date: 07/28/2020 Name: Smithgall Woods-Martin's Mine Distance: 6.8 Difficulty: Easy Total Climbing Elevation: 535 Type: Out & Back Notes: Smithgall Woods is a very nice state park, but most of the "hiking" is actually walking along the Tsalaki Trail, a mostly paved road down the center of the park off which shorter traditional woodland trails […]

Date: 07/21/2020 Name: Helen to Unicoi State Park Distance: 5.8 Difficulty: Easy Total Climbing Elevation: 659 Type: Out & Back Notes: It's a nice hike, not very difficult and the trail is in generally good condition. Some folks like to start their hike from the Unicoi Lodge after having breakfast, but we started from the

Date: 07/14/2020 Name: Bartram Trail – Warwoman Dell to Big Rock Distance: 5.9 Difficulty: Moderate Total Climbing Elevation: 1588 Type: Out & Back Notes: Nice hike today with clear skies, lower humidity and temperatures between 76 & 82 degrees. No rain in the past 5 days which made the trail dry. The trail in in

Date: 06/29/2020 Name: Black Rock Mtn St Park – James Edmund Loop Distance: 6.6 Difficulty: Difficult Total Climbing Elevation: 1955 Type: 2-Loops Notes: This is variation on the James Edmund Trail by starting at the parking lot at Black Rock Lake which eliminates the steep climb at the beginning of the trail if starting from

Date: 06/25/2020 Name: Ladyslipper Trail Distance: 8.1 Difficulty: Moderate Total Climbing Elevation: 1432 Type: Loop Notes: The trail is not well blazed, nor maintained. Without Ray Lovett's experience on this trail we would have had a difficult time keeping on the path as it follows a number of old logging roads and has multiple intersections

Date: 06/16/2020 Name: Bartram Trail – Hickory Knoll Rd to The Pinnacle Distance: 5.8 Difficulty: Moderate Total Climbing Elevation: 1646 Type: Out & Back Notes: The Bartram Trail is fairly good condition and easy on the feet with a fairly constant climb to the rock overlook south of the actual peak of The Pinnacle. Good

Date: 06/02/2020 Name: Bartram Trail – Jones Knob & Whiterock Mtn Distance: 5.1 Difficulty: Moderate Total Climbing Elevation: 1149 Type: Out & Back Notes: A good hike for both scenic views and wildflowers. The trail is in reasonably good condition considering its frequent use. both the main Bartram Trail and side trails to Jones Knob

Date: 05/27/2020 Name: Yonah Preserve Loop Trail Distance: 5.4 Difficulty: Easy Total Climbing Elevation: 530 Type: Loop Notes: A good hike for both scenic views and wildflowers. The trail is in reasonably good condition considering its frequent use. both the main Bartram Trail and side trails to Jones Knob and Whiterock Mountain are well marked.

Date: 05/23/2020 Name: Beegum Gap to Rabun Bald Distance: 3.3 Difficulty: Moderate Total Climbing Elevation: 1123 Type: Out & Back with Loop Notes: Partial recording, my error, of out-and-back hike to Rabun Bald. Total distance actually ~ 3.5 miles. Nice day for a hike with 65-75 degrees and mostly cloudy. We started just before 9

Date: 05/12/2020 Name: Bartram Trail – Trails S of Osage Overlook Distance: 5.3 Difficulty: Moderate Total Climbing Elevation: 1390 Type: Out & Back with Loop Notes: We combined several trails today to build the mileage to 5.3 miles. We hiked to loop counterclockwise taking a side out-and-back leg down the Bartram Trail. At the north