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Hiking
Appalachian Trail
With
the most famous hiking trail in the world in our backyard,
it is naturally the focus of the Club. The
2,175 mile Appalachian Trail enters northeast Tennessee from the
south after leaving the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
The AT runs along the Tennessee-North Carolina border
up until the Big Pine Mountain area where it turns west towards
Laurel Fork Gorge and ultimately enters Virginia near Damascus. The TEHCC has been hiking the AT since the 1940s and
visits it often on day, overnight and maintenance trips. Click
here to discover the
Trail.
Local Trails
There
are many other trails in the TEHCC's area besides the
Appalachian Trail. The northeast Tennessee, southwest
Virginia and western North Carolina area is a hiker's dream.
Within 2 hours of driving is Great Smoky Mountains National
Park, the northern side of Cherokee National Forest, North
Carolina's Pisgah National Forest and Virginia's Washington and Jefferson National Forests,
as well as, Mount Rogers National Recreation Area. Don't
forget the
numerous state and local parks within minutes from the
Tri-Cities that offer hundreds of miles of trails also. Click
here to find your next
hike.
Leading a Hike
The TEHCC depends on volunteers to lead hiking trips -
day or overnight. Any Club member can be a hike leader by
following a few simple guidelines. Click
here to find out more.
Members' Trips
Club members are visiting far and away places often.
Click
here to see where they
have been. Milestones
The TEHCC recognizes three milestones: AT2175, SB6000
and S900M.
AT2175 represents hiking the
entire Appalachian Trail - section hiking or thru hiking.
SB6000 or South Beyond
6000 is the peak baggers' challenge of summiting all 39 peaks in the southern Appalachians above 6000
feet.
S900M or Smokies 900
Miler represents hiking all 900
miles of trail in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
Hiking 101
Want to learn more about hiking? Use TEHCC's
Hiking 101 to find out some of the
terminology, what to take on a backpacking trip and more.
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