Adventures with my cedar hiking stick
Appalachian Trail ~ Iron Mountain .5 mile/7.51 miles :25 duration/5:10 duration 140 foot elevation gain/2,003 foot elevation gain 59° F High/44° F low 15-30 mph winds 7 geocaches found (1 before hikes/6 during hikes) After a great hike last week on the Appalachian Trail, LakeBum (Rob) did some research and identified another section of the …
Appalachian Trail ~ Unicoi County, TN/Mitchell County, NC 5.69 miles 4:21 duration 1,449 elevation gain 34° F min/39° F max 5 geocaches found during hike 2 geocaches found after hike 2 geocaches visited (that I own) The Appalachian Trail (AT) is a world-famous 2,200 mile long trail reaching from Springer Mountain, Georgia to Mount Katahdin, …
Rocky Fork State Park 2.76 miles 2:35 duration 998 foot elevation gain 1 geocache found during hike 1 event attended 14 geocaches found before and after hike 7 geocaches visited (previously found) Rocky Fork State Park was established in 2012 but not officially opened and staffed until 2015. It is a beautiful tract of land …
Camp Bays Mountain - July 4 2.71 miles1:43 duration122 foot elevation gain Hiking on the property of Camp Bays Mountain, Sullivan County, TN with mission team from the Czech Republic Bays Mountain Park - July 4 2.5 miles1:00 duration194 foot elevation gain Hiking around the reservoir at Bays Mountain Park with mission team from the …
Laurel Fork Trail/Pond Mountain Trail Laurel Fork Trail 1.23 miles:48 duration116 foot elevation gain1 impassable creek crossing32° F Pond Mountain Trail 4.41 miles4:28 duration1065 foot elevation gain37° F high/28° F low1 geocache found1 geocache replaced During last week's adventure, LakeBum (Rob) and I attempted to hike the Laurel Fork Trail in Carter County to Dennis …
Hiking in Hampton/Dinosaur Park 1.3 miles1:17 duration67 foot elevation gain33° high/28° low3 geocaches found during hike5 geocaches found after hike2 geocaches did not find (DNF)1 geocache visited (previously found) This past weekend's weather forecast was for cold and rain all day Saturday, and even colder but possible snow on Sunday. Because we would prefer to …
White Creek Falls - Lee County, VA .6 mile hike/.5 mile walk1:38 duration (hike)760 ft elevation gain (hike)1 traditional cache found on hike 2 DNFs (did not find) on walk 10 traditional caches found after hike1 EarthCache found after hike1 geocache hidden On January 1, my friend tncorgi (Mary) visited a state park in Lee …
The Channels 6.7 miles6:00 duration1348 foot elevation gain1 event cache logged As I explained in my December 26-27 blog post, there are several different types of geocaches that one can log. One of those types is an event. An event cache is the opportunity for cachers to gather at a specific time and place. On …
Guest River Gorge 5 miles6:19 duration872 foot elevation gain13 geocaches logged, 2 EarthCaches logged The Guest River Gorge Trail near Coeburn, VA is a 5.9 mile long trail along an abandoned rail-bed. The trail follows the Guest River to its confluence with the Clinch River. This is a well-maintained gravel trail suitable for hiking and …
Phipps Bend 4.5 miles 4:23 duration 222 foot elevation gain 11 caches found 2 caches hidden (1 by me, 1 by LakeBum) 1 DNF (did not find) 8 cache resurrections Phipps Bend in Surgoinsville, TN is the site of an abandoned Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) nuclear power plant project. TVA began construction of the facility …
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