Springer Mountain Loop – Hiking the Appalachian Trail

This hike in the Chattahoochee National Forest in North Georgia travels along two famous trails – the famous 2,100 Appalachian Trail, which extends from Springer Mountain in Georgia to Maine, as well as the 250 mile Benton MacKaye Trail, which runs along a rugged terrain in North Georgia and is named...

Cochran Shoals: Trails along the Chattahoochee River

Just outside the Atlanta perimeter is one of the most popular parks in the Chattahoochee National Recreation Area: Cochran Shoals. With 3.1 miles of wide graveled trails along the banks of the shoals of the Chattahoochee River, this is a popular running, walking and biking trail that’s convenient to...

A Unique Waterfall: Hiking to Raven Cliff Falls

The Raven Cliff Trail journeys through the Chattahoochee National Forest to a one of the most unique waterfalls we’ve seen: Raven Cliff Falls.  The falls cascade 400 feet down through Raven cliff – literally slicing the massive cliff in half before cascading down through several lower falls...

Appalachian Trail – Three Forks to Long Creek Falls

The Appalachian Trail intersects Noontoola Creek just 4.3 miles from its beginning on Springer Mountain – and it’s from here that this out-and-back hike starts a journey on the Appalachian Trail to a beautiful, rushing waterfall in the Chattahoochee National Forest and through a delicate forest of...

Hiking the Pinhoti Trail: South from Snake Creek Gap

The Pinhoti Trail – a 325 mile trail that begins in Alabama and connects in Georgia to the Benton MacKay and Appalachian Trails – cuts through the Western portion of the Chattahoochee National Forest before meeting up with the two larger trails in central Georgia.  It’s along this stretch...

A Hiking Trail Close to Home: Sope Creek

A part of the  Chattachoochee National Recreation Area, Sope Creek offers some great trails and relaxation just north of Atlanta (but seemingly a world away from the city). Just outside the 285 Perimeter , Sope Creek offers a series of trails through preserved forest with connecting trails to the well-used...

Ridge Line Vistas: Hiking the Arkaquah Trail

Offering some of the most picturesque views of any hike in Georgia, the Arkaquah Trail is a moderate to strenuous trail that lists near the top of our favorite hikes in North Georgia.  Starting at Brasstown Bald and running down (and then on return, up) a ridge through the Brasstown Wilderness along Locust...

Hiking the Tanasi Trails – Ocoee Whitewater Center

The site of the whitewater venue during the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, the Ocoee Whitewater Center offers much more a visit to a former Olympic venue – not that an Olympic venue doesn’t have enough cool factor alone. In addition to the fun of watching novice and skilled paddlers navigate the rapids...

Hiking the Appalachian Trail at Indian Grave Gap

This moderately difficult, 5.5 mile hike presents a challenge from the very start – the trailhead begins a steep ascent to the top of Rocky Mountain with a vertical rise of nearly 1,000 feet in the first mile of trail. The reward, though, is beautiful views from atop the mountain, as well as a...

Amazing Vistas: Hiking Mount Mitchell

Mount Mitchell stands North of Asheville as the highest peak East of the Mississippi River – and offers an amazing hiking experience from its high peak.  Standing at 6,684 feet, the mountain grows trees and flora that’s native to the Canadian mountain ridges – full of dark spruces and firs...

Wild Beauty: Hiking Graveyard Fields, NC

Along the picturesque stretch of the Blue Ridge Parkway between Asheville, NC and the Smokey Mountains is a wild, rugged terrain named Graveyard Fields – an excellent hike following a stream through thick rhododendron, over a cleared expanse of knotty shrubs covering small, moundy earth, and up to a...

Camping in Linville Gorge near Table Rock, Pisgah National Forest, NC

Linville Gorge, located in Pisgah National Forest in North Carolina, is a massive gorge cut 2,000 feet deep and 12 miles long by the Linville River and is lined with massive rock formations on both walls of the canyon. The gorge and surrounding 12,000 acres of Linville Gorge Wilderness a wealth of fantastic...

Mountain Vistas: Hiking the Appalachian Trail at Blood Mountain

The beauty of the trails at Blood Mountain deserve a visit in all seasons to appreciate the stunning views and excellent hiking along this section of the Appalachian Trail – though our favorite time of year for this hike is during autumn, when fall color explodes out of the leaves and makes this...

Hiking to Rainbow Falls – Great Smoky Mountains

Nestled in Great Smoky Mountains National Park are many waterfalls – this one a favorite of ours, preceded by a pleasant hike through the smoky mountainside south of Gatlinburg, TN. A 5.2 mile roundtrip hike to the falls from the trailhead is moderately steep and travels through a wide variety of...