Promoting the development and enjoyment of Tennessee trails.
Sunday, July 7 - Normandy Lake Paddle to Waterfalls. Joint Sunday activity with the Highland Rim chapter. We will paddle from Ward’s Chapel Boat Ramp on Normandy Lake to Short Springs State Natural Area’s Machine Falls and then paddle to Ovoca Falls. We’ll meet at 8:00 am CT at the Dollar General Store, 1832 McArthur […]
Tuesday, July 9 – Chapter Meeting – 7:00 pm CT. Barfield Crescent Park Wilderness Station. Geoff and Patty Hull will share their hiking trip in northern Wales in May 2016. They will focus on the Isle of Angelsey, hiking to North Stack and South Stack, and Holyhead. For more information contact Chapter Co-Chair Jeanne Conatser […]
Saturday, July 27 – Window Cliffs State Natural Area. Baxter. 5.5 miles round trip. Moderate. Joint hike with the Highland Rim chapter. Window Cliffs is located approximately 18 miles south of Cookeville near Burgess Falls State Park. There is a bluff that separates the upstream and downstream parts of Cane Creek, and the bluff has […]
Saturday, Aug 10 – South Cumberland State Park - Buggytop Trail and Natural Bridge. Sewanee. 4.5 miles rated moderate. Joint hike with the Highland Rim chapter. We will hike to Lost Cove Cave on the Buggytop trail. This is one of the plateau’s most impressive cave entrances. The mouth of the cave is carved out […]
Tuesday, Aug 13 – Chapter Meeting – 7:00 pm CT. Barfield Crescent Park Wilderness Station. Carrie Perkins, art teacher at Riverdale High School will be our speaker. She will lead a group painting activity. For more information contact Chapter Co-Chair Jeanne Conatser at djconatser@comcast.net.
Saturday, Aug 31 – Long Hunter State Park. Volunteer Trail Day Loop. 4 miles rated easy. This hike leads into a mature oak and hickory forest, threading through rock cedar woods and along the rocky shoreline of Percy Priest Lake. Enjoy views from a high bluff before reaching a quiet cove. This is a great […]
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 […]
