Promoting the development and enjoyment of Tennessee trails.
Friday-Sunday, September 6-8 – Tims Ford State Park Little Island Camping and Hiking. Joint event with the Highland Rim chapter. Friday evening, we will set up camp on Little Island. Saturday we will kayak to Ray Branch Peninsula and hike the Evans Loop Trail and a section of the Ray Branch Shoreline Trail. The total […]
Tuesday, September 10 - Chapter Meeting – 7:00 pm CT. Barfield Crescent Park Wilderness Station. Randy Hall is our speaker, and has a degree in handwriting analysis which can be used in such areas as law enforcement or banking. He likes to use his abilities for intellectual entertainment and self-understanding as it reveals a person’s […]
Saturday, September 21 - Sewanee Perimeter Trail. Sewanee Memorial Cross to Bridal Veil Falls. 5 miles rated moderate. The hike will start at the Memorial Cross that runs below the bluff and sandstone overhangs. Bridal Veil Falls appears from the side of the mountain, cascades 27 feet down a limestone cliff, drops about 25 feet […]
Cancelled due weather. Friday, September 27 – Rock Creek Loop – Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area. Jamestown. 7.5 miles rated moderately strenuous for terrain, elevation change and length. Joint hike with the Highland Rim and Nashville chapters. We’ll descend to the rocky, mossy banks of Massey Branch and Rock Creek, passing below […]
Saturday, September 28 – National Public Lands Day - Stones River National Battlefield. This year instead of trail maintenance at Barfield Park, we will celebrate National Public Lands Day at the Stones River National Battlefield. Work will be at the McFadden Farm Unit and land that was preserved by the American Battlefield Trust and will […]
Thursday, October 3 – Tims Ford Lake Kayak Paddle – Pleasant Grove Public Use Area, 199 Pleasant Grove Drive, Estill Springs. Joint event with the Highland Rim chapter. Paddle Little Hurricane Creek to the end of Carvers Branch. Considered to be the prettiest section of Tims Ford Lake. We will meet at 9:00 am CT […]