NEGH 2026 Hikes

Date: 06/23/2026 Name: Appalachian Trail – Standing Indian Mountain from Deep Gap Distance: 5.6 Difficulty: Easy to Moderate Total Climbing Elevation: 1,161 Type: Out & Back Notes: We had a great weather day for a hike with cloudy skies, cool, 60°F to 65°F temperatures and light winds, especially at the peak of Standing Indian. The […]

Date: 06/16/2026 Name: Contentment Falls-Train Trestle Loop + Dead Man's Trail Distance: 4.8 Difficulty: Easy to Moderate Total Climbing Elevation: 712 Type: Lollipop Loop Notes: It was a cool, 60 to low 70's, but a humid morning for a hike. The hike was on mostly dry Forest Service and moderately used ATV/old roads with no

Date: 06/02/2026 Name: Eastatoe Passage and Raven Rock Trail Distance: 7.9 Difficulty: Moderate Total Climbing Elevation: 1,467 Type: One-Way + Loop Notes: Another ideal day for hiking with mostly cloudy skies, cool, mid to high 60's temperatures and an occasional breeze. The trails were damp, but not wet and in very good shape with no

Date: 05/19/2026 Name: Wolfpen Gap to the Byron Reece Trailhead via Blood Mountain Distance: 5.9 Difficulty: Moderate to Difficult Total Climbing Elevation: 1,526 Type: One-Way Notes: With sunny skies, light winds and temperatures between 65 and 75 degrees, it was a good day for a hike. The trails were mixed with some overgrowth on the

Date: 05/12/2026 Name: Ash Creek Loop Distance: 5.1 Difficulty: Easy Total Climbing Elevation: 620 Type: Loop Notes: Just a "great day for a hike" with sunny skies and temperatures in the 50's & 60's. This was an easy hike primarily on the Ash Creek Trail, but we hiked sections of the Laurel Ridge, Wetland Loop

Date: 04/14/2026 Name: Smith Creek Trail South from Anna Ruby Falls Distance: 6.0 Difficulty: Easy to Moderate Total Climbing Elevation: 820 Type: One-Way Notes: Another beautiful hiking day with clear, sunny skies and temperatures between 58°F and 81°F. The trail "along the Sautee Ditch, which was a waterway dug-out during the gold rush in the

Date: 04/07/2026 Name: Benton MacKaye Trail from GA Hwy 60 to the Toccoa River Swinging Bridge Distance: 7.7 Difficulty: Easy Total Climbing Elevation: 1,696 Type: Out & Back Notes: Another great hike day with sunny skies and temperatures in the 50's and 60's. This section of the Benton MacKaye Trail was in great shape with

Date: 03/31/2026 Name: Unicoi Gap via AT to Indian Grave Gap then to Andrews Cove Distance: 4.9 Difficulty: Moderate to Difficult Total Climbing Elevation: 1,089 Type: Loop Notes: It was a mild and cloudy day for our hike with temperatures in the 60's. The AT was in great shape with no blowdowns due to the

Date: 03/24/2026 Name: Foothills/Chattooga River Trails Pigpen & Licklog Falls and Beyond Distance: 8.3 Difficulty: Easy to Moderate Total Climbing Elevation: 991 Type: Out & Back Notes: Another "just-right" day for a hike with partly sunny skies and temperatures in the 40's to 50's. The trails were in very good condition showing recent clearing of