Beautiful Day Hike

 A quick couple of days hiking around Piedmont, AL in March. 16 miles of hiking over two days in mild, sunny weather.   A highlight was discovering the ridge road trail in Mountain Longleaf NWR near Anniston.  You just have to watch where you step, in case of unexploded ordnance from the old Fort McLellan! 🙂

 State Park near Birmingham, AL.

 Near Birmingham, AL.

 Mountain biking and hiking area in Anniston, AL.  40+ miles of trails!

National Wildlife Refuge near Jacksonville, AL. Talladega Mountains (a sub-range of the Blue Ridge Mountains) to the east.

 ATV park near Piedmont, AL.

 Wilderness Area, Talladega NF.  Near Piedmont, AL.

 Nice trip to Cumberland Plateau, Tennessee River Valley, Lookout Mountain, and southern Appalachians of Tennessee and Alabama in the winter. 450 miles driven and 25 miles hiked over 4 days.  Overnights in Jasper, TN and Ft. Payne and Centre, AL. Highlight of the trip was Savage Gulf Natural Area in TN.  Deep gorges on top of the Cumberland Plateau make for a hiking paradise!  Miles and miles of trails.

North from US 78/AL 281 trailhead. Near Heflin, AL. 

National Wildlife Refuge near White Plains, AL. Former Fort McClellan property.

Climbing area near Leesburg, AL. Weiss Lake in the background. 

National Preserve near Fort Payne, AL.

Bouldering area near Ft. Payne, AL. 

WMA near Stevenson, AL. 

Nice road trip from St. Simons to North Georgia and Birmingham, AL areas.  The beautiful new green of Spring was on full display! 1600 miles driven, 52 miles hiked and three kayak trips kept us busy! A highlight was our boat/hike trip on Blue Ridge Lake where we were able to hike 2 miles along a peninsula after easily beaching the boat and disembarking.

Catfish Lake. Near Birmingham, AL. 

From Grant's Mill to Old Overton. Water was 1.88' at MB. Perfect! Near Nirminghm, AL.

Natural Preserve near Springville, AL. 

Land Trust of Northern AL. Near Huntsville, AL. 

Shelby County near Vandiver, AL. 900+ acres of fantastic terrain!