Hike: Today (5/31) I went hiking with my dear friend SL at Hanging Rock State Park. We decided to do the 2.6 mile round trip, moderately difficult hike to Hanging Rock itself, then tack on whatever time we had left hiking Wolf Rock trail. Goal: Just to have a great time! I … [Read more...]
Hiking Brasstown Bald, Georgia
Hike: The highest point in Georgia, Brasstown Bald, is reachable by road (unless you go on a day where they randomly close the steep, windy, 3 mile approach road... like we did!). The upper parking lot is just 0.6 miles from the observation tower, on a paved path through the … [Read more...]
Hiking High Shoals Falls Trail {and Helen, Georgia}
Hike: High Shoals Falls Trail, north of Helen, GA (where we spent the night) and south of Macedonia, GA. This is a 2.3 mile moderate trail--unless the Hiwassee River is too high to drive over at Indian Grave Gap Road, then it's a 4.7 mile hike with 1,000 feet of elevation … [Read more...]
Hiking Table Rock Trail
Hike: The Table Rock Trail at Table Rock State Park, near Pickens, South Carolina (about 37 minutes northwest of Greenville, SC, and 1 hour south of Asheville, NC), is a 6.4 mile, strenuous hike with over 2,000 feet of elevation gain. Not far from Sassafras Mountain, it even … [Read more...]
Hiking Sassafras Mountain, SC
On Friday, May 22nd, my brother and I bagged our third highpoint en route to our goal of all 50 states, at Sassafras Mountain, South Carolina. We had made plans to do this highpoint (along with Georgia's) at the end of March, or in April, but of course COVID-19 changed … [Read more...]
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