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Listening to the Land: Reimagining the Bartram Trail – Free Public Reception

The Bascom 323 Franklin Road, Highlands, NC, United States

Listening to the Land is a visual exploration of the Blue Ridge Bartram Trail, or Bartram National Recreational Trail, that features photography and photo-based installations by thirty-two artists. The photographs featured in this resonant and varied exhibition celebrate the region's rich biodiversity while honoring each person's unique relationship with the land. Drawing inspiration from Bartram's […]

The Naturalist Trail Race on the Bartram Trail and Fall Celebration

Outdoor 76 Franklin, NC 35 East Main Street, Franklin, NC, United States

The Naturalist Trail Race - 25 / 50k, which is a part of the Outdoor 76 FALL CELEBRATION, is back for another round of leg hurting fun on October 7, 2023! This day encompasses our trail race, multiple bands throughout the day along with 18 draft craft beers for all post race celebrations. Come explore […]

Bartram Forager Series Hike

Macon County Public Library 149 Siler Farm Road, Franklin, NC, United States

The Bartram Forager Series Hike is part 1 of 2 events, culminating in a Bartram Forager Series Celebration & Fundraiser at Lazy Hiker Brewing on October 19th. This foraging hike will work similar to our Trailhead Tuesday events. We'll meet at 1pm at the Macon County Public Library parking lot and split up into groups. […]

Trail Maintenance Skills Workshop

Appletree Campground Topton, NC, United States

We're excited to partner with the Nantahala Hiking Club and Appalachian Trail Conservancy to offer a trail maintenance and leadership training workshop on October 14-15. This workshop will be held at Appletree Campground with camping available on Friday and Saturday nights. Limited spots are available free of charge to volunteers and members. We'd be happy […]

Geologic Hike to Scaly Mountain with Dr. Dan Pittillo

Hickory Knut Gap Road

We're in for a special short hike and grateful for Dr. Dan Pittillo to be able to lead us and share his thoughts and understanding on the geologic history and current activity of these wonderful southern Appalachians. You may be surprised to learn these mountains are still rising! We're planning to meet at the Hickory […]

Bartram Foragers Series Special Beer Release and Fundraiser

Lazy Hiker Brewing

Come on down to this Bartram Foragers Series Special Beer Release and Fundraiser at Lazy Hiker Brewing on October 19th. Bartramites will have met up and explored the reaches of Macon County for fresh fall ingredients and delivered them to the brewmasters at Lazy Hiker. Using their superpowers and wonderful wizardry, they will have added […]

October 20th Third Friday Workday

Please consider joining us for our October 20th, Third Friday Workday from 9am to 3pm. Location TBD, we’ll update with more details closer to the event date. Please bring work gloves, good boots, plenty of water, lunch, any meds you might need and esprit de corps. If you’re new to trail maintenance or just want […]

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October 27th Walking With Bartram: Appletree Campground to Beechertown

Beechertown Trailhead Wayah Road, Topton, NC, United States

We're getting close to tying a bow on this second round of section hiking the Bartram Trail and I do believe we're gonna do it in record time! With weather being favorable and our hiking groups fleet-footed and fearless, we're going to skip the Piercy Creek side trail this time through and make the haul […]

October 31st Trailhead Tuesday

First United Methodist Church 66 Harrison Ave, Franklin, NC, United States

We’ll plan to meet at First United Methodist Church in Franklin at 1pm before heading out to clean up all the tricks and treats left behind at the Bartram trailheads. This is a program for those looking to get involved but with limited time. We will meet in the early afternoon to divide and conquer […]

November 11th Second Saturday Workday

Beechertown Trailhead Wayah Road, Topton, NC, United States

Please join us for a great day of volunteering on the Bartram Trail for our Second Saturday Workday on November 11th, 2023. This coming Saturday, November 11th, we'll be working the Bartram Trail from the Beechertown / Duke Energy trailhead. We'll meet there at 9am and shuttle up to the surge tank to same some […]

November 17th Third Friday Workday

Chattooga River access highway 76 34.814765907116694, -83.30384226039077

CORRECTION: I previously incorrectly stated the location to meet for this workday below. To clarify, we are meeting at Hwy 76 bridge near Bull Sluice in the parking lot on the SC side of the river. 34.814765907116694, -83.30384226039077 https://www.google.com/maps/place/Hwy+76+Chattooga+River+Access/@34.817426,-83.3066103,16z/data=!4m22!1m15!4m14!1m6!1m2!1s0x8858c308ec0203f1:0x7050417ba34f827f!2sHwy+76+Chattooga+River+Access!2m2!1d-83.3038596!2d34.8143798!1m6!1m2!1s0x8858c308ec0203f1:0x7050417ba34f827f!2sHwy+76+Chattooga+River+Access,+Mountain+Rest,+SC+29664!2m2!1d-83.3038596!2d34.8143798!3m5!1s0x8858c308ec0203f1:0x7050417ba34f827f!8m2!3d34.8143798!4d-83.3038596!16s%2Fg%2F11g8v3pmcx?entry=ttu Apologies for the error! Please consider joining us for our November 17th, Third Friday Workday from […]

November 27th Walking With Bartram from Cheoah Bald to Beechertown

Beechertown Trailhead Wayah Road, Topton, NC, United States

Please join us for this last official section of our section-hike-through on this second round of Walking With Bartram. We'll finish this up with a hike from Cheoah Bald to Beechertown the trailhead. This section will be about 7.5 miles in total. We’ve planned this section for the least amount of backtracking and elevation gain, […]

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