New Years Day Hike – Montgomery Bell State Park, Montgomery Bell Trail

We will hike a 5.4 Mile Moderate section of the Montgomery Bell Trail. We will have potluck lunch near ‘The birth of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church’.  Black-eyed peas, Cornbread, bowls, cups and plasticware will be provided. Meet at 9am CT, Big Lots Parking Lot, Riverside Drive, Clarksville, TN.  33 Miles to the Trailhead

New Year’s Day Hike – Long Hunter State Park

Monday, January 1 – New Year’s Day Hike – Long Hunter State Park. Bryant Grove Trail. 8.0 miles rated moderate. Joint event with the Highland Rim and Nashville chapters. The adage is what you do on the first day of the year, you will continue to do all year long. The Bryant Grove Trail is […]

New Year’s Day Hike – Long Hunter State Park

Monday, January 1 – New Year’s Day Hike – Long Hunter State Park. Bryant Grove Trail. 8.0 miles rated moderate. Joint event with the Highland Rim and Nashville chapters. The adage is what you do on the first day of the year, you will continue to do all year long. The Bryant Grove Trail is […]

Bryant Grove Trail. Long Hunter State Park

Monday, January 1 – Multi- Chapter New Years Day Hike, Bryant Grove Trail. Long Hunter State Park.  The Bryant Grove Trail is an easy eight mile “out and back” flat, winding trail connecting the Couchville Lake area to the Bryant Grove Recreation Area and follows the shoreline of Percy Priest Lake. The trail crosses a wooden […]

White Oak Mountain

Tuesday, January 2 – White Oak Mountain trails just north of Chattanooga, approximately 4.5 miles, moderate, about 630’ el. gain. We’ll hike Dogwood, Krebs Cycle, Black Bear, and parts of Big Red and Christmas Top trails. Enjoy these beautiful trails, which are part of the Southern Adventist University campus but open to the public. We […]

Pogue Creek Canyon State Natural Area, Jamestown, TN

Pogue Creek Overlook and Upper Canyon Trails. Long Hike: 8 mi 1460’ el. gain, moderate/strenuous. Short Hike: 4-5 mi moderate in and out. Very impressive rock formations, especially Killdeer Arch along with awesome views! Pogue Creek Canyon features immense sheer bluffs and cliffs, the Killdeer Arch, many rock houses and beautiful, rich forests of hemlocks, […]

Clarksville Greenway

Wednesday January 3rd - 4 Miles, Easy, Out and Back Trail on a paved surface. Meet at 9am CT at Mary’s Oak Trailhead – Mary’s Oak Drive, Clarksville

Edgar Evins State Park

Friday, January 5 – Edgar Evins State Park.  All Day.  8 miles rated challenging due to rocky terrain and steep ascents/descents with total 1400 foot elevation gain.  We’ll start on the John C. Clayborn Millenium loop passing old rock walls, a rocked-in spring, an old limestone chimney, and an old foundation.  In the middle of the loop we’ll pick […]

Hinch Mountain

Saturday, January 6 — Hinch Mountain Section of the Cumberland Trail, 8 to 9 miles, out-and-back, moderately strenuous. Starting at Stinging Fork Falls trailhead, we will explore this new section of the Cumberland Trail that turns off Stinging Fork trail and heads north towards Hinch Mountain. We will cross Stinging Fork Creek and Little Soak Creek, descend a rock stairway, walk through a pine forest, and ascend the gorge. We will return by retracing our steps. Check the weather forecast and choose […]

Airport Trail

January 7, 10am-11:30am Distance: 2.3 miles.  Rating: Moderate This is Crossville’s newest trail, completed shortly before the 2023 marathon (…so there may be more trip-hazards than usual on this trail.) The trailhead is a newly constructed parking lot on Earl Jones Road. The North Loop Trail is lollipop design with 0.2-mile stem and a 1.9-mile loop. This is […]

Chumbley Woods, Eagle and Powerline Trails.

Sunday, January 21 -    Chumbley Woods, Eagle and Powerline Trails.  Old Stone Fort State Park, Manchester, TN.  4.5 miles. Easy to Moderate.  Meet at the Chumbley Woods Trailhead on Powers Bridge Road at 12:30 pm.   Register with Joan Hartvigsen, jhartvigs@comcast.net or 931-636-2914.  Bring water and snack.  These are the newest trails in Old Stone Fort.  These trails feature the Little Duck River, beautiful mature hardwoods […]

Walden’s Ridge Park – Cancelled, Rescheduled for March

Tuesday, January 9 — Walden’s Ridge Park trails, 4 to 5 miles, moderate, out-and-back. This is yet another new set of trails in the Chattanooga area, located on the side of Signal Mountain/Walden Ridge. We will start our hike at the bottom of the mountain, using the trailhead off Mountain Creek Road. We’ll meander through […]

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