section hike Archives - Blue Ridge Bartram Trail Conservancy

June 15th Pride Month Hike at Warwoman Dell

Please join Erin Hadjidakis, a Conservancy Board Member and Ga State Forest Ranger, for this special hike to celebrate Pride Month. This hike will begin at Warwoman Dell and head north up to Martin’s Creek Falls, roughly a 4 mile round trip. Erin will provide interpretive information about the area, environment, and trail.

Hikers will meet at the Warwoman Dell picnic pavilion at 5pm on the 15th and the trip should take 2 hours.

Bring what you need for a short 4 mile hike, plenty of water, a snack, and any meds you may need. Please email us if you have any questions.

June 30th Walking With Bartram – Wallace Branch to Trimont Trail

This hike will pick up where we left off on our hike of the new route. We’ll plan to meet at the Church Parking across from Lazy Hiker Brewing in Franklin and shuttle to our starting point of Wallace Branch. We’ll hike the section from Wallace Branch up to Trimont Trail and head back into town down the proposed Trimont Trail reroute to the Old State Prison / NCDOT Yard. From there, we will walk down Harrison Avenue to the Lazy Hiker.

This is a slightly modified and abbreviated section to hike, but will not disappoint.

Newcomers are welcome to join us. All you need to bring is water, lunch, clothing appropriate for this season, and your sense of humor and wonder.

We have had great interest in these hikes and are working to create new hiking opportunities. If you are interested in leading a hike, let us know!

Please RSVP below to help with planning.

May 26, 2023: Walking With Bartram – New Route to Lazy Hiker

Please join us as we continue our monthly section hikes through the Bartram Trail. We’ll have an abbreviated hike in terms of mileage and elevation as we walk the portion of the road-walk that has been recently re-routed through the Macon County Recreation Park onto the Little Tennessee Greenway and then further down Main Street through the Town of Franklin. Our destination will be the Lazy Hiker, where we’ll enjoy some cold beverages and discussion.

Right now, we’ll plan to meet at the First United Methodist Church parking lot and shuttle back to the Macon County Recreation Park to start the hike. We’ll still plan for a full day, but will likely wrap this up a little earlier than usual.

Newcomers are welcome to join us. All you need to bring is water, lunch, clothing appropriate for this season, and your sense of humor and wonder.

We have had great interest in these hikes and are working to create new hiking opportunities. If you are interested in leading a hike, let us know!

Please RSVP below to help with planning.

Boating with Bartram on the Little Tennessee

UPDATE 4/1/2023: RSVP is closed for this event

We’ve reached the mid-way point on our Walking With Bartram section hikes right in time for spring! Once again, we’re going to switch things up and take to the water, assuming the weather plays nice. Join us as we kayak down the Little Tennessee River from the Hickory Knoll Road Trailhead to Tassee Shelter on the Greenway.

This is a lovely 4-5 hour float on the Little Tennessee, even closer to the path William Bartram is believed to take as he arrived in what is not the Town of Franklin. The river is calm and smooth sailing for this section and we should be treated to all the spring blooms and trees filling in along the banks.

Attendance for this will be limited to 14 folks for the sake of shuttling and boats. You are welcome to bring your own boat. Alaraka Expeditions will provide boats to rent if needed. Please contact Angela at blueyodel32@gmail.com to arrange your boat rental.

We will stop for lunch along the way and likely be ahead of schedule, but adding some time for shuttling and loading/unloading boats.

Please let us know if you have any questions about this river trip. In the case of inclement weather, we will look to reschedule and possibly switch this trip up with an abbreviated “road-walk” into town along the new path all the way to the Lazy Hiker. Either way, this will be a great day.

Please RSVP below to help with planning. We’ll cut off RSVPs when we reach 14 folks.

See you on the river!

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