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Feb 3rd, 2013 by Admin 1

The Etowah Trails Map courtesy of Troop 241:

http://etowahtrail.webstarts.com/uploads/Trail_Map_6_16_09.pdf

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on 04 Feb 2013 at 3:12 pm1Michael

I spent most of my childhood in the woods just meandering about…and from that I acquired a good sense of remembering from which way I came. So I was excited last year to discover, through the cherokee ledger newspaper and this website, there was such a huge trail right down the road from me. So I got the boyscout map and headed out. It started out great…trees well marked in both directions and the trail clearly visible. But then shortly after the church the boyscout trail got a little less defined and the trees with the white weren’t sticking out like sore thumbs. From what I recall…Huckleberry hill, and there after, was slow going. So when I made it to Jug creek I decided on the old Sutallee trace relocation trail that the map showed would recconnect past all the hard to see white paint. But then I got a feeling of being lost when the trace road forked and the map showed no fork. Then I got spooked when I kept seeing signs about hunters and heard shots. So I returned to the creek and went the white blaze way, to my dismay. What I’m getting at is it would be nice if the boyscouts would help guide people who want to explore the old Sutallee trace or widen the white trail and make it much more visible at parts. Oh and studying their map, I’d like to know what the couple of spots that they labeled “stills” are. My only other complaint was the amount of cobwebs that I kept walking into, but that can’t really be helped too much.
on 04 Feb 2013 at 5:02 pm2Admin 1

Michael,

Once you mentioned being “spooked” I realized you’d definitely been back there yourself. I’d be lying if I said I didn’t get that feeling back there myself A while back I decided to run the track and all the available trails at least once (about 25 miles) including exploring the roads beyond jug creek along the old Sutallee road to see how far out I could go. I may have missed it but I never saw the “future trail” referred to on the map so I just continued on the old road straight out as far as it would take me. My goal was to see if I could find a way to the National Cemetery. After several miles of running the old road and a river crossing or two I decided to turn back cause I wasn’t sure how safe it was. I turned back and tried a few of the other roads at the intersections I’d passed along the way. I never found any more trails to speak of. I estimate I ended up within a mile or less of the National Cemetery after getting back and looking at google maps. I wouldn’t recommend this but I’m glad there starting some other trails like the one I posted about on this post. Btw, the Red one isn’t finished yet. I checked out the rest and it only has ribbons where they haven’t blazed it yet. One route leads back behind the church and one up to a ridge and back towards the “Trace Relocation Rd”.

I know all these roads and trails quite well so any questions, let me know.
on 04 Feb 2013 at 5:15 pm3Admin 1

Michael,

I also wanted to mention that you can make a loop if you take the white blaze all the way out past Huckleberry and down that hill to the intersection with Rock Creek, don’t turn left but right and head up the old road continuing straight, that road leads you to Old Shoal Creek Trail Rd. ( near where the newer red blaze trail crosses the road) Here is the loop I’m talking about. https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=212005348558805663696.0004d475567e669db7f70&msa=0&source=embed&ie=UTF8&ll=34.245546,-84.516406&spn=0.018412,0.042272&t=m&iwloc=0004d4755684039a5001e

Note: From Rock Creek going up the Old Sutallee Rd take your second dirt road on the right (Meadow Rd) and that will lead you back to the White Blaze as well.
on 09 Feb 2013 at 6:34 pm4campnpost

Yellow Blaze Trail - http://goo.gl/maps/ZPHkz

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