Weekend Wanderings, our newest program for young hikers (ages 6-12 years with accompanying adult), will highlight a different Land Trust preserve each month, providing participants with a variety of opportunities to explore, develop some new skills, and learn about the natural environment. October’s Wander will be at Monte Sano Nature Preserve exploring the area around […]
(Moderate / Around 2.5 hours / 2.25 miles) This hike offers something a little bit different. The hike will begin with a visit to the Three Caves “bowl”, the open area just outside of the cave entrances. Normally closed to the public, the gates will be open for this hike. After looking around for a […]
(Moderate / Around 2 hours / about 2 miles) Join Forest Ecologist and long-time Land Trust member Soos Weber for a leisurely walk along the Cold Springs Trail on Monte Sano Nature Preserve. Expect to see the trail in its late autumn glory, and plan to learn a thing or two as Soos interprets many […]
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 […]
Join Volunteer Trail Care Leader Scott Akridge as we work on a short reroute at the intersection of Oak Park and Buzzards Roost trails. We will also be cleaning out […]
Join Volunteer Trail Care Leader Scott Akridge as we work on a short reroute at the intersection of Oak Park and Buzzards Roost trails. We will also be cleaning out […]
(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 […]
Join Volunteer Trail Care Leader Scott Akridge as we work on a short reroute at the intersection of Oak Park and Buzzards Roost trails. We will also be cleaning out […]
Join Volunteer Trail Care Leader Scott Akridge as we work on a short reroute at the intersection of Oak Park and Buzzards Roost trails. We will also be cleaning out […]
Join Volunteer Trail Care Leader Scott Akridge as we work on a short reroute at the intersection of Oak Park and Buzzards Roost trails. We will also be cleaning out […]
Hosted by the Huntsville Track Club One of the Southeast's oldest and largest trails runs, Mountain Mist features a tour of the Monte Sano State Park and Land Trust of North Alabama trail systems on Monte Sano. The route covers rocky, rough but well-maintained trails through the State Park among rock walls, stone cuts, sink […]
(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 […]
