

This month we will be starting at Wallace Branch and hiking up to and connecting with the Trimont Ridge Trail, which takes us back to the old state prison on Co-op Road. From there we will take the sidewalk back to the Lazy Hiker. This hike takes us through some beautiful cove forest and alongside ancient trade paths. The Trimont Ridge Trail is the proposed reroute to the Bartram Trail that will hopefully take place in the next few years.
This section isn’t in our Bartram maps, but it will be a 5-6 mile hike.
Please RSVP if you’d like to join! We will keep you updated on forest conditions and closures.
We will be making up our hurricaned out hike from last month on the second Friday of October.
We’re be going to be hiking the new(ish) reroute that takes us along the greenway and through the town of Franklin. We’ll meet at the First United Methodist Church at 1pm to hike the 7 miles along the river to end up at the Lazy Hiker for drinks at the end of the day!
This route begins at the County Fairgrounds and Rec Park, continues down Allman Drive, through the Cartoogechaye Creek Meadow, onto the Little Tennessee Greenway to Big Bear, then down (or up) Main street.
This should be a relatively easy and accessible hike.
We hope you can make it. RSVP below to join!
Join us this month as we traverse the Fishhawk range to hike from Jones Gap to Hickory Knoll Road on the Bartram Trail. This 9.6 mile hike will lead us through stunning terrain and views of Whiterock Mountain, and will go through botanically unique areas of “montane cedar glades”.
We’ll be meeting at 9am at the Hickory Knoll Road Trailhead and shuttling from there to Jones Gap.
Come prepared to be outside in the heat of the summer all day, and ready to observe and appreciate the surrounding nature.
Please RSVP below if you’d like to join us, and feel free to email us if you would like to be put on a waitlist.