Blue Ridge Bartram Trail Conservancy
History. Art. And the Great Outdoors.
Listening to the Land is a nine-month photography exploration of the Bartram Trail near Highlands, NC. Influenced by the legacy of William Bartram, photographers of all levels will be invited to enter an intimate world where the landscape is alive and waiting to be met, understood, and loved. Through workshops and dynamic online engagement, Kinship […]
This Friday, December 16th, we will be working the Georgia section of the Bartram Trail just below Rabun Bald. We will meet at 9am at the bottom of the access trail at Beegum Gap and hike in a bit to begin work. More detailed directions will be provided to those who are going to join […]
This is a new program for those looking to get involved but with limited time. We will meet in the early afternoon to divide and conquer some minor clean up and trail head maintenance. We’re looking for folks to visit a set of selected trail heads to re-stock Bartram Trail information cards, complete a trail […]
***RSVP for this hike is closed as of 12/20. We've had great interest in these hikes, which is wonderful! But, logistics and planning for this can only support so many folks. We are working on how we can expand these hiking opportunities. One more time to get out of the house and add a great […]
The location for this workday will be up near William's Pulpit, meeting at the Wallace Branch trailhead. We'll bring the tools and materials needed. Please bring work gloves, good boots, plenty of water, lunch, any meds you might need and esprit de corps. We’ll start at 9AM and wrap up at 3pm. If you’re new […]
This Friday we'll be working the Bartram Trail below Rabun Bald, meeting at the trailhead for Beegum Gap at 9AM. We’ll bring the tools and materials needed. Please bring work gloves, good boots, plenty of water, lunch, any meds you might need and esprit de corps. We’ll start at 9AM and wrap up at 3pm. […]
1/11/2023 UPDATE: RSVP for this hike is closed. We are currently looking into offering an additional hike to accommodate interest in these. Joins us for section 4 in North Georgia from Wilson Gap to Hale Ridge Road, right at the North Carolina border. This is the final section in North Georgia before heading into the […]
This is a new program for those looking to get involved but with limited time. We will meet in the early afternoon to divide and conquer some minor clean up and trail head maintenance. We’re looking for folks to visit a set of selected trail heads to re-stock Bartram Trail information cards, complete a trail […]
UPDATED 2/6: This hike is now full, RSVPs closed. This is a second opportunity to joins us for Section 4 of the Walking With Bartram hiking series. In an effort to make these hikes more enjoyable and accessible to everyone that is interested, we're offering a second date to join us. We'll try to limit […]
Photos from the Bartram Trail are on display in the library this winter; tonight we'll celebrate and learn more about their work. Listening to the Land: is a nine-month community celebration of the Bartram Trail, launching with the project-shaping photography exhibition With Rapture & Astonishment that highlights how eleven photographers inspired by William Bartram reimagined […]
This Saturday, February 11, we will be working the Buckeye Creek approach trail to the Bartram Trail. If we have a big enough group, we will have one group work from Hickory Knoll trailhead. We will meet at 9am at the Buckeye Creek trailhead and plan on wrapping up around 3. Buckeye Creek Trailhead Location […]
UPDATED 2/10: RSVP for this event is now closed. Thank you all for your enthusiastic interest in this hike! We'll do more of these in the future. We've been wanting to mix things up a bit and this one still resonates with our inner-Bartram, as this is a special place in Western North Carolina, representing […]
