Join us for a Thanksgiving Day tradition! Get ready for your Thanksgiving feast by starting the morning off with a Monte Sano hike led by Land Trust volunteers and staff. We’ll start out at Bankhead Trailhead and work our way down the mountain to Three Caves on Alms House Trail. Please note this hike does […]
(Moderate / Around 2 hours / About 2 miles) Join naturalist Matt Shaw for a look at the early winter ecosystems of the Chapman Mountain Nature Preserve. This hike will start at the pavilion and cover parts of the Moonshine, Terry, and Whole Planet trails, making for a relatively easy walk. Plan to stop, look, […]
Please note: This hike was originally schedule for Saturday, December 9. Due to weather, it has been rescheduled for Saturday, December 16. Take a relaxing stroll through the Bradford Creek Greenway and learn how to recognize trees in the wintertime when they have dropped their leaves! Though the task may seem difficult, your guide, Jesse Akozbek […]
(Moderate / Around 3 hours / Just under 4 miles) The view from the top of the Devils Racetrack Trail is not one to be missed! If you haven’t seen it yet (and even if you have), join us for a hike on Wade Mountain. We’ll start at the Spragins Hollow Trailhead, and take Devils […]
(Moderate / Around 2.5 hours / About 2.5 miles) Join us for a hike at Monte Sano Nature Preserve on one of the shortest days of the year. Just two days after the solstice, this hike will start from Bankhead Trailhead and take just a short section of the Bluff Line Trail to where it […]
(Moderate / Around 3 hours / About 4 miles) Start the first day of the new year with a rejuvenating morning enjoying the outdoors! We’ll begin from Blevins Gap Trailhead and take Bill and Marion Certain Trail to its end with some fantastic stops to enjoy views overlooking South Huntsville along the way. We’ll return […]
(Moderate / 1.5 to 2 hours / 1.5 miles) Rainbow Mountain Nature Preserve, “hidden” just a short distance from downtown Madison, is a favorite hiking destination for folks in the area looking to get on the trail while staying close to home. Participants during this hike will travel along one of the most popular trails […]
(Moderate / probably a bit more than 2 hours / 3 miles) Come join us at Chapman Mountain Nature Preserve as we hike the “high trails” of the preserve. This hike will give us the opportunity to get out and see the upper elevations of the preserve during this quiet time of the winter season. […]
(Moderate / Around 1.5 hours / Around 2 miles) Monte Sano Nature Preserve doesn’t have many trails that are relatively level, but this hike will take one of them! Our hike will start from Bankhead Trailhead and is simply an “out and back” along Bluff Line Trail. This is one of the easier hikes on […]
(Moderate / 2 hours / Around 3 miles) The view from the Devil’s Racetrack trail is not one to be missed! If you haven’t seen it yet, join us for a hike up the Devil’s Racetrack trail. We’ll start at the Spragins Hollow Trailhead, and stay on the Devil’s Racetrack trail for the entire hike. […]
(Moderately difficult / 2 hours / 2 miles) Bethel Spring Nature Preserve has one of the most beautiful waterfalls on any of the Land Trust preserves and one of the largest in Madison County. This hike will start with an easy walk on the Bethel Creek Loop Trail. Things get a bit more challenging though […]
(Easy / Around 1 hour / 1.75 miles) Harvest Square Nature Preserve has a lot of things about it that appeal to the casual hiker: Its trails are relatively easy to walk on, there’s not a lot of mileage, and – best of all – there are no hills! Mapping this hike shows it to […]
