Southeastern backpacking, camping, climbing, hiking and snowboarding.
Posted in Hikes on Jan 14th, 2009
I have more information for our readers and hikers looking for hikes near Canton, Ga. regarding the green and yellow blazed trails which extend the old preexisting Etowah Trail system. I will also need to do some backpedaling on my previous post: Etowah Trail-What in the Green Blazes? and make a formal apology to those [...]
Posted in Hikes on Jan 4th, 2009
Etowah Trail
Location: Canton, Georgia
Directions: Take Exit 16A from 575. Take right on Highway 5. Take left after bridge into Boling Park and continue to the back of park. Park near pavillion.
Trailhead: Near pavillion parking above fitness track
Additional Information: (770-720-7184) City of Canton Parks and Recreation Division
Does anyone know what’s going on with the management of [...]
Posted in Hikes on Jan 3rd, 2009
Pine Log Creek Trail
Total distance: 4.6 miles
Parking lot Lead Trail: .46
West Loop : 2.12
East Loop: 1.54
Quarry Trail .03
Dogs allowed, no horses, no mountain bikes
Difficulty: Moderate-Some parts are listed as strenuous, but only for short spurts
Directions from I-575 in Canton: Take Riverstone Pkwy exit 20, head West for about .5 mi. Take right onto [...]
Posted in Hikes on Jun 10th, 2008
If you live anywhere north of Atlanta and your looking for new hike check out Bartow County’s Pine Log Creek Trail if you haven’t already. Its a 4.5 mile trail with views of Pine Log Mountain and crosses over several footbridges along the way. There are two loops, the east which takes you by [...]
Posted in Hikes on May 2nd, 2008
In reference to a previous post on really local spots for hiking and camping near Canton Georgia I mentioned Red Top Mountain State Park and Lodge and the benefits of camping right near home. some features that I didn’t mention were some of the networked trails that are located on the grounds that we had [...]
Posted in Georgia Waterfalls, Hikes on Apr 16th, 2008
Hiking is one outlet we use quite a bit to keep the kids as well as ourselves active but up at CloudlandCanyon where we went again recently there is more to do than just hike if that is not your thing. While we were there we hiked the West Rim Trail, went out and checked [...]
Posted in Backpacking, Camping, Hikes on Feb 25th, 2008
Quite often when we ask friends or family to go hiking with us, I am reminded of a certain point in time when they didn’t like me very much. You see a few years back as we were camping up in the Slickrock Wilderness in Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest area I invited them on a [...]
Posted in Hikes on Feb 24th, 2008
If your like me its hard to think about staying anywhere near the city when you are planning to hike and spend time outdoors in nature. Something about it just doesn’t feel right. My instincts and taste always forces me to think about heading north. There are times however when you need to learn to [...]
