Hiking Wise Creek Trail in Oconee National Forest
I went hiking on the Wise Creek Trail in the Oconee National Forest in the spring of 2023. I started…
Hiking Cowrock Mountain in Winter
Cowrock Mountain is one of the most accessible, and best views on the Appalachian Trail in Georgia. Unlike Blood Mountain,…
Hiking Nubbin Creek / Pinhoti Trail in Cheaha Wilderness
In March, I went on my first solo backpacking trip. It was only a single overnight. The weather forecast was…
Dick’s Creek Gap to North Carolina / Georgia Border on The Appalachian Trail
Six years after we finished our last section (Unicoi to Dick’s Creek Gap), my brother, Dad, and I decided to…
Hiking Burgess Mountain Trail in Oconee National Forest
The Burgess Mountain Trail is a short hiking trail in the Oconee District of the Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest. Unlike other,…
Hiking Rabun Bald
Rabun Bald is the 2nd highest point in Georgia behind Brasstown Bald. But unlike Brasstown Bald, it’s only accessible by…
Hiking Piedmont National Wildlife Refuge
In April 2019, I went to hike the Red Cockaded Woodpecker Trail at the Piedmont National Wildlife Refuge as part…
Hiking Raven Cliffs Falls
Raven Cliffs Wilderness is one of the most heavily trafficked Wilderness areas in Georgia. And Raven Cliffs Falls Trail is…
Hiking Kinnard Creek Trail in Oconee National Forest
The Oconee National Forest has been part of the Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest almost since its establishment. But it’s much smaller,…
Hiking Ellicott Rock Wilderness
In August 2018, I did a day hike along the Chattooga River in the Ellicott Rock Wilderness in North Georgia….
Hiking Hitchiti Trail
The Hitchiti Trail is a 3-ish mile trail near Jarrell Plantation that weaves along Falling Creek to the Ocmulgee River….
Hiking Forney Creek at the Great Smoky Mountains National Park
In April, my brother-in-law, brother, my son, and myself all went on a 2 night backpacking trip to the Great…
Hiking Wolfden Loop on the Pine Mountain Trail
The Pine Mountain Trail system is one of the most extensive trail systems in Middle Georgia. It’s one of those…
Hiking Cheaha Wilderness
One of the major pros of living in Atlanta is that I’m within a two hour drive of several designated…
Cooper Gap to Woody Gap On The Appalachian Trail
In my quest to hike the entirety of the Appalachian Trail in Georgia, I had left out a short section…
Woody Gap to Neels Gap on the Appalachian Trail
I lived in Georgia knowing about the Appalachian Trail for more than 12 years before I ever set foot on…