Date: 03/18/2025 Name: Oconee Station and Station Cove Falls Trails Distance: 5.3 Difficulty: Easy Total Climbing Elevation: 715 Type: Out & Back with Loop Notes: It was a beautiful early spring day with sunny skies and warm temperatures. This was an easy hike with just one 1-mile moderately inclined hill on the Palmetto/Oconee Connector Trail. […]
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Date: 03/11/2025 Name: Logan Turnpike & Whitley Gap Shelter Trails Distance: 5.3 Difficulty: Difficult Total Climbing Elevation: 1,388 Type: One Way with Two Out & Backs Notes: We hiked two dissimilar trails in one day connected by the Appalachian Trail. The first hike up, along, and down Wildcat Mountain from Hogpen Gap was fairly easy.
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Date: 03/04/2025 Name: Unicoi Eagle & Bike Trails Distance: 7.8 Difficulty: Easy Total Climbing Elevation: 896 Type: Loop Notes: It was a great day outdoors with an early visit to a Bald Eagle's nest high in a pine tree overlooking the west side of Unicoi Lake guided by Doris Richardson. While the view of the
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Date: 02/25/2025 Name: AT-Dick's Creek Gap to Whiteoak Stomp Distance: 7.0 Difficulty: Difficult Total Climbing Elevation: 1,791 Type: Out & Back Notes: The weather was great with sunny skies and warm, late-winter temperatures. The Georgia Appalachian Trail Club continues to maintain this trail in excellent condition, but it still has plenty of rocks and roots
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Date: 02/18/2025 Name: Tamassee Knob Trail Distance: 6.5 Difficulty: Easy to Moderate Total Climbing Elevation: 892 Type: Out & Back Notes: Great hiking weather today with cool temperatures, partially cloudy skies and no wind. The trail was in excellent shape with just a few minor blowdowns. The trail is also well marked with good north
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Date: 02/04/2025 Name: Stone Place & High Bluff Trails Distance: 5.8 Difficulty: Easy Total Climbing Elevation: 594 Type: Loop Notes: A beautiful and warm winter day with sunny skies and temperatures reaching 74°F. The trails were in good condition with just one large and a few smaller blowdowns that were easily passable. Our first, the
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Date: 01/28/2025 Name: Coosa Backcountry- Bear Hair Trail Loop Distance: 6.7 Difficulty: Moderate Total Climbing Elevation: 1634 Type: Loop Notes: This was a moderately difficult hike with "just right" weather, sunny skies and temperatures between 34°F and 44°F. The trails are in fair condition showing heavy use and some left-over blowdowns from Hurricane Helene. This
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Date: 01/21/2025 Name: Latham Cemetery & Pear Orchard Loop 1 Star 2 Stars 3 Stars 4 Stars 5 Stars Distance: 5.8 Difficulty: Easy Total Climbing Elevation: 696 Type: Loop Notes: For our "all-weather" hikers, it was a "great day for a hike" even though we had cloudy skies and temperatures between 26°F and 31°F. Parts
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Date: 01/14/2025 Name: Don Carter State Park Loop Trail Distance: 6.6 Difficulty: Easy Total Climbing Elevation: 689 Type: Loop Notes: A wonderful hiking day on another cold, but sunny winter day. This hike was a combination of several smaller trails in Georgia's newest state park. Access, facilities ,and trails at this park are excellent. The
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Date: 01/07/2025 Name: Sassafras Circle Trail at Tugaloo State Park Distance: 4.3 Difficulty: Easy Total Climbing Elevation: 381 Type: Loop Notes: This was a nice way to start the year with an easy hike at Tugaloo State Park. The weather was as forecast with sunny skies and cool winter temperatures between 34 °F and 44
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