NOVEMBER 3, SATURDAY, 8:45 a.m.
Moderate Dayhike
Where: Cloudland Canyon State Park, Trenton, Georgia
Details: Hike along the highly scenic rim trail around this
lovely canyon in Northwest Georgia and then down into the bottom of the canyon
itself. The rushing stream in the
bottom of the canyon has two good-sized waterfalls which we’ll view close
up. Lunch will be on a large, flat rock
outcropping from where we’ll have beautiful, panoramic views across the
canyon. Fall color should hopefully be
at its peak.
Please bring picnic lunch, plenty
of water, and $5.00 per vehicle
park entry fee. Parents, please be
aware that there are very high, steep cliffs with no guard rails adjacent to
the rim trail. Delicious, optional
restaurant dinner afterwards. You may
wish to bring in the car a change of clothes for dinner, but this is not
required.
Well-behaved, carefully supervised children age ten and up welcome. Please meet 8:45 a.m. at the
Applebee’s Trussville. We plan to depart from there at 9:00 a.m.
NOVEMBER 10, SATURDAY, 8:45 a.m.
Dayhike,
Flagg Mountain in Coosa County
Details: This will
be a moderately strenuous loop hike of about 4-6 miles that follows in
part Forest Service roads. Flagg
Mountain is the southernmost mountain over 1000 ft. high in the Appalachian
Range. Atop the mountain we will see
(but not climb up) one of only two stone towers built in Alabama in the 1930s
by the CCC. We will also be able to explore some of the new 4-mile Flagg
Mountain Trail being built by the Alabama Hiking Trail Society (AHTS) as one
leg of the Eastern Continental/Great Eastern trails running from the Everglades
to Canada. We may have spectacular views all the way to Cheaha Mountain if the
day is clear. We’ll also see nearby log
and stone cabins, also built by the CCC, which
are in various stages of restoration. Although intended to become a
state park (as Cheaha did), the proposed Flagg Mountain Park was never
completed. Flagg Mountain became part of the Weogufka State Forest, and the
area is now managed by the AHTS.
We are very pleased that Jeff
Hayes, President of the AHTS, will be leading this hike for us. This is the first time we have visited this
site since March, 2010. Optional dinner
after hike.
Please meet 8:45 a.m. at the Publix in The
Village at Lee Branch in Greystone. We plan to depart from there at 9:00
a.m.
NOVEMBER 11, SUNDAY, Meet 1:45 p.m.
Second Sunday Dayhike in Oak Mountain State Park
Details: Enjoy a moderate 4-mile walk in the woodlands near
Birmingham on a Sunday afternoon. This
is an excellent outing for introducing your friends to Southeastern Outings and
for making new friends who enjoy the outdoors.
Parts of this hike may be off the color-coded trails. There will be some ups and downs.
Well-behaved, properly supervised
children age eight and up able to walk the distance of about 4 miles and
complete the hike are welcome. Share an
adventure! Bring a friend. Optional dinner after the hike.
Please meet at 1:45
p.m. in the Oak Mountain Park office parking lot. We plan to depart from there at 2:00 p.m.
Please bring $5/person ($2.00
seniors) park admission fee plus your drink.
Info: Doris Hatch, 205/901-8367
Rescheduled for January 10, 2019
NOVEMBER 15, THURSDAY, 9:15 a.m.
Weekday Hike in Red Mountain Park (RMP)
Details: Would it excite you to hear that
Birmingham has secured a recreational, public park space of 1,400 acres—an area
twice as large as New York's Central Park?
Could you, your friends and family find a use for more than 18 miles of
new hiking and biking trails, open fields and picnic areas, all within 15
minutes of downtown Birmingham? In March, 2012 The Red Mountain Park
Commission opened the eastern section of this park to the public, offering
folks a chance to walk the property and get a feel for the location and scale
of the land.
This will be Southeastern Outings’
eighteenth hike in the Park. Please come with us for a 3-4 hour hike
on a walkable portion of this noteworthy place. Hike rated
moderate. This is one of the largest city parks in the United
States! For considerably more information about the park, please
visit the park’s website:
Please
bring your picnic lunch and plenty of water and wear good walking shoes or
boots. Dress appropriately for the weather.
Please meet at 9:15 a.m. in the large Red Mountain
Park parking lot on the right side of Lyon Lane immediately after you turn
right onto Lyon Lane off of the north end of Frankfurt Drive off Lakeshore
Parkway. We plan to depart from
there at 9:30 a.m.
Information: Scott Myers, 205/393-5230
NOVEMBER
17, SATURDAY, 8:45 a.m.
Dayhike
Where: Pinhoti Trail near Coleman Lake in Shoal Creek Ranger District, Talladega
National Forest. Cleburne County, Alabama
Details: A moderate
4 to 4.5 mile hike in one of the most interesting parts of the Talladega
National Forest. We'll start at the Coleman Lake trailhead and wander first
through mountain longleaf pine habitat. We'll cross a low ridge with hardwood
forests along Coleman Lake below. We'll reach Old Shoal Church and graveyard,
one of 3 remaining log cabin churches in Alabama, before returning. Our route
back will take us along the Coleman Lake trail, providing a different view as
we return to the trailhead.
Well-behaved, properly supervised children age 7 and older
welcome. This hike is relatively flat but rated moderate because of its
length.
Optional
dinner after hike.
Please meet at 8:45
a.m. in the Leeds
Highway 78 gravel parking lot.
We plan to depart from there at 9:00 a.m.
NOVEMBER 25, SUNDAY, 1:45 p.m.
Easy Walk
Where: Vulcan Trail inside the City Limits of Birmingham
Details: Enjoy an easy walk in the woodlands overlooking
Birmingham on the Sunday after Thanksgiving.
The trail is level, as it is on an old mining railroad right of way just
below the crest of Red Mountain. This
walk is an ideal activity for those Thanksgiving guests who have been in your
house for several days and with whom you are looking for something to do to get
them out of the house. A previous walk
on this trail drew one of the highest number of participants, 67, on any outing
SEO has ever sponsored. Don’t miss it!
Please meet at 1:45 p.m. in the Vulcan Park and
Museum Parking Lot where you would normally park to visit the statue and Vulcan
Park. We plan to depart from there at
2:00 p.m. We will walk from the big
parking lot a short distance down some new stairs to the trail head and then on
the trail to Green Springs Highway and back.
The formerly unpaved section of the Vulcan Trail has recently been
widened and resurfaced.
After the walk is completed, there
will be an optional dinner at Jim 'N Nick's 11th Avenue Grill at Five Points
South. Well-behaved, carefully supervised children age 7 and older
able to walk 4 miles welcome.
Share an adventure. Bring a friend or friends.
Info: Dan Frederick, seoutings@bellsouth.net or 205/631-4680
