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Kennesaw Mountain–Kennesaw, Georgia

January 24, 2012
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Kennesaw Mountain–Kennesaw, Georgia

  Length:  1.2 miles one way Difficulty: Strenuous Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield is the site of the beginning of the Atlanta Campaign during the Civil War.  Fighting began here June 19, 1864 and lasted until July 2. It is from this location that Sherman continued his March to the Sea burning miles wide of...

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Rocktown – Hiking on Pigeon Mountain

January 24, 2012
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Rocktown – Hiking on Pigeon Mountain

Lafayette, Georgia Distance: 1.0 miles Difficulty: Easy Blaze: Brownish Pink Just outside of Lafayette, Georgia is a little known wildlife management area known as Crockford-Pigeon Mountain. Pigeon Mountain extends along the northwestern corner of Georgia crossing over into Alabama. The wildlife management area itself...

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Bahia Honda State Park–Florida Keys

January 22, 2012
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Bahia Honda State Park–Florida Keys

Bahia Honda Key/, Big Pine Key, Florida   Bahia Honda State Park is a small Florida state park, but has the unique claim (like most things in the keys) of being Florida’s southernmost state park. Inside the park, visitors will find a number of beautiful,...

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Russell Cave–Bridgeport, Alabama

January 21, 2012
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Russell Cave–Bridgeport, Alabama

  Distance: 300 Yards Difficulty: Easy Russell Cave National Monument  is one of 1500 caves in Jackson County, Alabama. While the cave pictured above is at least 7.5 miles long, visitors cannot enter the cave. Instead, visitors can hike 300 yards to the Russell...

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Fort Pickens–Pensacola, Florida

January 21, 2012
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Fort Pickens–Pensacola, Florida

Fort Pickens is one of several historic coastal defense forts built during the early 19th century to protect the Gulf Coast, Pensacola Bay and Mobile Bay from the threat of invasion, and that can still be visited today. Part of the Gulf Island National...

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