OCTOBER 10, SUNDAY, Meet 1:45 p.m.
Southeastern Outings Second Sunday Dayhike in Oak Mountain State Park
Details: Enjoy a moderate 4 to 5-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 without complaining and complete the hike are welcome.
Share an adventure! Bring a friend.
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. and Trip Leader: Randall Adkins, 205/317-6969
OCTOBER 16, SATURDAY, Meet 8:45 a.m.
Southeastern Outings Dayhike
Where: Payne Lake, Talladega National Forest, Oakmulgee Division near Moundville, Alabama
Please Note-All participants on this hike shall have made a good faith attempt to be vaccinated against the Covid 19 virus provided that the vaccine is available to them.
Details: This will be Southeastern Outings second dayhike to this lovely lake in the Talladega National Forest. Payne Lake offers the outdoor enthusiast solitude and a 110-acre scenic lake brushed by numerous nature trails. Payne Lake could be described as a microcosm of the Oakmulgee National Forest, with its mixed hardwood-pine forest, cattail swamp and rolling hills in close proximity.
We plan to walk on a pleasant, well-built, well-marked but poorly maintained trail along the east side of the lake, returning by a slightly different route. Distance is about 5 miles round trip. Long pants are recommended as some parts of the trail are overgrown. Hike rated moderate.
Well-behaved, properly supervised children age nine years and over able to hike five miles without complaining are welcome to participate in this hike.
Please bring picnic lunch and water with you.
Please meet 8:45 a.m. at the parking lot behind the McDonald’s Galleria on U.S. Highway 31 in Hoover. We plan to depart from there at 9:00 a.m.
Well-behaved, carefully supervised children age 9 and over welcome.
Please bring three dollar exact change admission fee per person for honor box to gain admission to parking in Payne Lake Recreation Area.
Information and Leader: Francis Rushton, 205-290-5557.
DIRECTIONS TO MEETING PLACE
McDonald’s Galleria-1731 Montgomery Highway, Hoover, AL 35244. Parking lot behind the McDonald’s Restaurant across U.S. 31 from the main entrance to the Riverchase Galleria Shopping Mall.
OCTOBER 21, THURSDAY, 8:45 a.m.
Moderate Weekday Hike
Where: Bull’s Gap and Bull’s Bluff near Sylacauga
Please Note-All participants on this hike shall have made a good faith attempt to be vaccinated against the Covid 19 virus provided that the vaccine is available to them.
Details: We'll proceed about an hour’s drive to the Bull's Gap trailhead at the southern part of Section 4 on the Pinhoti Trail where the trail crosses AL Highway 148. A great view at the trailhead portends other wonders to follow. We'll climb a little less than a mile to good views off the top of Bull's Bluff looking out towards Sylacauga to the west and Rebecca Mountain. We continue climbing up the south shoulder of Horn Mountain on a gradual trail. Several years ago this area was hit by a tornado and there are a lot of blow downs. Fortunately the forest service has cleared this stretch of the Pinhoti Trail. We'll reach a power line crossing at the 2 mile mark where there are more views to the west. From this point we will return to our cars all down hill. Estimated hike distance 4 miles. Hike rated moderate.
Optional dinner after
the hike is concluded.
Meet 8:45 a.m. at the Publix Super Market in Lee Branch. We plan to depart from there at 9:00 a.m.
Information and Trip Leader: Francis E. Rushton, Telephones 843-441-3368 Cell, 205-290-5557 Home
DIRECTIONS TO MEETING PLACE
Publix in The Village at Lee Branch in Greystone-- 410 Doug Baker Boulevard, Birmingham, AL 35242-2682. Take U.S. Highway 280 East going away from Birmingham to intersection with AL Route 119, Cahaba Valley Road. Continue on U.S. 280 through that intersection 9/10 more miles and turn right on Doug Baker Boulevard. This turn is right after the very large Driver’s Way used car dealer which you’ll see on your right. Drive 3/10 miles on Doug Baker Boulevard and then see the Publix Super Market on your right. Please park in front of the Publix, but fairly far out towards 280, not right by the front door.
OCTOBER 23, SATURDAY, Meet 9:45 a.m.
Southeastern Outings Picnic Lunch and Moderate Dayhike
Where: Paul Grist State Park near Selma, Alabama
Details: Paul Grist State Park is one of the state’s most uncrowded, yet scenic state parks containing hills, forests, fields and a large, beautiful, tree-lined lake.
Prior to the dayhike we will get together at the smaller pavilion right near the Park Office to eat our picnic lunches. Please bring $3 per person ($2 for children age 2-6 and seniors age 62 and older) park admission, your picnic lunch and a beverage for yourself.
Dayhike Details: Hike rated moderate. There are only a few ups and downs. Total hiking distance is approximately 5.5 miles. We plan to walk all the way around the lake and then also walk on some additional trails in the park to make the drive time down and back worthwhile. Well-behaved, carefully supervised children age nine and over able to walk 6 miles without complaining are welcome. Note-To view photos of the exceptional beauty of Paul Grist State Park, please click on this link:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/2stdm6XTk7Ia2LfB2
Please be sure to click on the link and view the photographs.
Wear sturdy footwear.
Optional group restaurant dinner after the hike. Reservations not required for this outing.
Please meet 9:45 a.m. at the McDonald’s Galleria. We plan to depart from there at 10:00 a.m.
Info: Greg Richards, 205/ 317-8176 cell, 631-5000 home
DIRECTIONS TO MEETING PLACE
McDonald’s Galleria-1731 Montgomery Highway, Hoover, AL 35244. Parking lot behind the McDonald’s Restaurant across U.S. 31 from the main entrance to the Riverchase Galleria Shopping Mall.
OCTOBER 30, SATURDAY, Meet 8:45 a.m.
Southeastern Outings Moderate Dayhike
Where: Cloudland Canyon State Park, Trenton, Georgia
Details: Hike along the highly scenic rim trail around this lovely canyon in Northwest Georgia. Lunch will be on a large, flat rock outcropping from where we’ll have beautiful, panoramic views across the canyon. After we complete the canyon rim hike, we will offer an optional walk down into the bottom of the canyon itself. The rushing stream in the bottom of the canyon has two good-sized waterfalls which those who walk down into the canyon will view close up. Fall color should hopefully be at its peak.
Please bring picnic lunch, plenty of water, and $5.00 per vehicle park entry fee. 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. Parents, please be aware that there are very high, steep cliffs with no guard rails adjacent to the rim trail.
Note-To view photos of what we will see on this trip, please click on this link:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/sgynvD8L7Po3zZnU2
Please be sure to click on the link and view the photographs.
Please meet 8:45 a.m. at the Applebee’s Trussville. We plan to depart from there at 9:00 a.m.
Info. and Trip Leader: Doris Hatch, 205-901-8367
DIRECTIONS TO MEETING PLACE
Applebee’s Restaurant Trussville (coming from Birmingham)—4711 Norrell Drive, Trussville, AL 35173. Take I-59 North to Exit #141 (Chalkville Mountain Road Exit). Exit I-59 at Exit #141. Drive to traffic light at far end of interstate exit ramp. This is at intersection of the exit ramp and Chalkville Mountain Road. Turn right at the traffic light at the far end of exit ramp. Drive to first road you come to on the left when you are on Chalkville Mountain Road. This is immediately after you pass a Texaco gas station on your left and a Shell gas station on your right. Turn left there onto Norrell Drive. Applebee’s Restaurant is on Norrell Drive directly behind the McDonald’s which faces Chalkville Mountain Road at the far left corner of that intersection. There is no longer a stoplight at this intersection
