(Difficult / 3 hours / 4.1 miles) Follow our series of guided hikes throughout the entire year as we cover all of the Land Trust’s public trails! We’ll start with the easiest routes and increase our difficulty and distance along the way. For this hike, we’ll start on Smokerise Trail for just a short distance […]
(Moderate / less than 1 hour / .75 miles) This hike, the first in our series of pop-up hikes, is a short one that takes hikers along the Bailey Cove Branch of Aldridge Creek. The hike pace will be slow, and this walk is appropriate for elementary-age hikers. Be sure to wear appropriate shoes, though, […]
(Moderate / 1.5 hours / approximately 2 miles) While the Green Mountain Nature Preserve has quite a few hills within its boundaries, we’re not going to walk on many of them at all on this outing! This hike, led by Denise Swain, will take us through the oak-hickory forest of Green Mountain along part of […]
(Moderate / 1.5 hours / 2.5 miles) Wade Mountain Nature Preserve is one of those “well-kept secrets” that many people don’t seem to know about. Come check out part of the east side of the preserve with Tim Gels, our Education Director. He’ll be leading us on an out-and-back hike on the Devil’s Racetrack and […]
(Moderate / 1.5 hours / approximately 1 mile) Join us on Rainbow Mountain for a short hike with hike leader Ashlynn Theno. This hike will start with us heading east on the Rainbow Mountain Loop Trail. We’ll leave it after a short distance for the Wild Trail, which we’ll hike until it reconnects with the […]
(Moderate / 45 minutes or so / About 1 mile) Join Hallie Porter, the Land Trust’s Development Director, for a short hike on Monte Sano Nature Preserve. We’ll start at Cleermont Trailhead on Wildflower Trail, but we won’t go too far before we turn off onto Sink Hole Trail. At the end of Sink Hole […]
(Moderate / Around 60 - 90 minutes / About 2 miles) There aren’t many hikes you can take at the Monte Sano Nature Preserve that don’t have significant hills, but we’re going to take one of them! Join Hike Leader Bri Cobert as she leads her group on Bluff Line Trail starting from Bankhead Trailhead. […]
(Moderate / Around 1.5 hours / About 2 miles) Chapman Mountain Nature Preserve is becoming one of our more popular preserves – come see why! Our Education Director, Tim Gels, will take the group on a hike through the “flat” part of the preserve, exploring the Driskell and Chasco Trails as well as parts of […]
(Easy / 2 hours / About 3 miles) Come join us for an afternoon walk on the Bradford Creek Greenway. We can almost guarantee there won’t be any mud or roots to trip over. Our route will take us north from the trailhead on Mill Road to the Bradford Creek bridge just before Heritage Elementary […]
(Moderate / Around 1.5 hours / About 2 miles) Chapman Mountain Nature Preserve is becoming one of our more popular preserves – come see why! The route for this hike will take the group through the “flat” part of the preserve, exploring Driskell and Chasco Trails as well as parts of Terry and Moonshine Trails. […]
This hike has been canceled due to weather and trail conditions. We hope to see you on the trail when things dry up! (Moderate / 1.5 hours / About 2 miles) Fagan Creek is beautiful any time of the year, and January is no exception. The route for this hike will start at Cleermont Trailhead […]
This hike has been cancelled due to weather. After things clear up, we hope to see you back out on the trails! (Moderate / 2.5 hours / 4 miles) Wade Mountain Nature Preserve is one of those “well kept secrets” that many people don’t seem to know about. Come check out part of the east […]