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...
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 is packed with numerous miles of trails that are difficult...
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, white sand beaches, hiking trails, a nature center, some local...
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 Cave Shelter, a large opening where prehistoric people are believed...
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 Seashore, begun in 1829, and named after famed Revolutionary hero...
Difficulty: Easy Length: 4 Miles Starting from the Terrora Day Use, hikers can access both the North Rim and South Rim of Tallulah Gorge, as well as gain excellent views of the Dam and Tallulah lake that sit above it. North Rim Trail Starting near the restrooms at the entrance to the Day...
Length: Less than 0.2 miles Difficulty: Easy Located within the Toccoa Falls College campus, Toccoa Falls is a 186’ waterfall, one of Georgia’s tallest (though not the tallest, that honor belongs to Amicalola Falls). The Falls is, however, one of the best views of a freefalling waterfall one can have. The hike to the...
Length: 2.5 miles one way Difficulty: Easy Hike to the Falls, Difficulty Rock Scramble to Falls Overlook Ravens Cliff Falls is a three cascade waterfall located just outside of Helen, Georgia in Ravens Cliff Wilderness. The hiking trail to the falls runs parallel to the falls is a relatively flat hike, with only...
In a very impressive feat, three kayakers dropped off the 90′ tall waterfall in Gadsen, Alabama known as Noccalula Falls. These guys are apparently the first to ever drop from these falls by kayak.
Distance: 1.25 miles one way Difficulty: Easy Located in the Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge down Fort Morgan Road, the Big Pine Beach Trail is a two mile trail that brings hikers through pine forests, between Big Lagoon and Gator Lake, and to come out along the beach in the...