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Our online repository for everything trail related within a reasonable distance from our club's center in Kingsport TN. | Our online repository for everything trail related within a reasonable distance from our club's center in Kingsport TN. | ||
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! | !Trails by area | ||
!Trails by use | |||
!Trails by features | |||
!Other ways to find trails | |||
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*[[:Category:Kingsport|Kingsport]] | |||
*Johnson City | |||
*Bristol | |||
*[[:Category:Tennessee|Tennessee]] | |||
*[[:Category:Virginia|Virginia]] | |||
*[[:Category:North Carolina|North Carolina]] | |||
*[[TEHCC AT|Appalachian Trail]] | |||
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*[[:Category:Hiking|Hiking]] | |||
*[[:Category:Biking|Biking]] | |||
*[[:Category:Horse Riding|Horseback riding]] | |||
*[[:Category:Camping|Camping]] | |||
*[[:Category:Dog Friendly|Dogs allowed]] | |||
*[[:Category:Fishing|Fishing]] | |||
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*[[:Category:Waterfalls|Waterfalls]] | |||
*[[:Category:Overlook|Overlooks]] | |||
*Difficulty:<br />[[:Category:Easy|Easy]]/[[:Category:Medium|Medium]]/[[:Category:Hard|Hard]] | |||
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*Click on pins below for pop-ups with trail links | |||
*[[ClubWiki:Trails_List|Sortable Trails List]] | *[[ClubWiki:Trails_List|Sortable Trails List]] | ||
*[[ClubWIKI:TopsList|Our favorite trails for various situations]] | *[[ClubWIKI:TopsList|Our favorite trails for various situations]] | ||
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| | *[[Help:Contents|First time visitor information]] | ||
*[[ClubWiki:Creating_a_Trail|Adding a trail tips]] | |||
*[[Help:Editing|Wiki editing help]] | |||
*[[Meeting locations for TEHCC hikes]] | *[[Meeting locations for TEHCC hikes]] | ||
*[[Hunting Season Dates]] | *[[Hunting Season Dates]] | ||
*[[Other Internet Hiking Resources]] | *[[Other Internet Hiking Resources]] | ||
*[http://www.appalachiantrail.org/ | *[http://www.appalachiantrail.org/docs/default-document-library/at-shuttles-parking-vandalism-2013-11-26-.pdf ATC's Trailhead Shuttling List] | ||
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! <h2 style="margin:0; background:Wheat; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #E39C79; text-align:left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">TEHCC Fall EXPO - November 14<sup>th</sup> - Wiki Discussion</h2> | |||
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|style="color:#000;"| Attend our Fall 2015 Expo! | |||
In the midst of our day of hiking, paddling, chili, gear, etc. from 4:00pm to 7:00pm at the Eastman Lodge near Bays Mountain we'll have a discussion about our trail wiki. The discussion is unstructured and we can discuss anything from how to use the site, to how to edit, to an open discussion on plans for the future. | |||
For more details visit our [http://tehcc.org/2015/10/fall-expo-2015/ main site]. Members and non/prospective-members are welcome. Advance reservations aren't required for any events, but appreciated for planning purposes. Paid reservations only required for those wishing to partake in the chili, drinks, sides, and desserts. Paid entrance into Bays Mountain Park is required unless prior car pooling arrangements are made. | |||
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{| style="width:100%; vertical-align:top; background:#f5fffa;" | {| style="width:100%; vertical-align:top; background:#f5fffa;" | ||
| style="padding:2px;" | <h2 style="margin:3px; background:#cef2e0; font-family:inherit; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #a3bfb1; text-align:left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Featured | | style="padding:2px;" | <h2 style="margin:3px; background:#cef2e0; font-family:inherit; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #a3bfb1; text-align:left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Featured Park</h2> | ||
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| style="color:#000;" | <div style="padding:2px 5px">[[File: | | style="color:#000;" | <div style="padding:2px 5px">[[File:Roan Water Wheel.jpg|left|150px|caption]][[Roan Mountain State Park]] is a {{#show: Roan Mountain State Park | ?Park Area#acre}} state park operated by TDEC that is just over an hour drive from downtown Kingsport. It has {{#ask: [[Category:Trail]] [[Park::Roan Mountain State Park]] | format=count}} official trails covering {{#number_format:{{#ask: [[Category:Trail]] [[Park::Roan Mountain State Park]] | ?Trail Distance#mi | format=sum}} | 1}} miles of hiking. There are no day use fees for hiking. | ||
Onsite amenities include lodging in cabins, RV sites, and tent only camp sites including group camp sites. At least the lower RV sites now include wifi, although on my recent visit I had trouble getting online. I didn't care enough to ask a ranger if I was doing something wrong. Other site amenities include a volleyball court, tennis courts, amphitheater, and apparently the highest elevation of a state park pool in Tennessee (that's a lot of qualifications!). There are also pavilions and a modern conference center available for advanced reservations. | |||
Two historical artifacts of interest are the Miller homestead on Strawberry bald and the Peg Leg Mine. The Miller homestead was built over 100 years ago and was occupied until the 1960's without electricity or running water. While you can visit the homestead anytime of year until 5pm when the gates are promptly locked, the house is open for tours Wed-Sun 9a-5p Memorial day through Labor Day. The Peg Leg Mine, located just behind the visitors center, mined iron ore and up until the last few years you could walk down to the mine and go on guided tours. | |||
The trails overall are good. A lot of them stay fairly close to TN143 making it hard to get away from the road noise. The one exception is [[Chestnut Ridge|Chestnut Ridge Trail]]. It's a splendid ridge trail but it suffers the classic problem of trails in Appalachia of being teased with majestic views but blocked by tree foliage. A winter trip after the leaves had fallen may change that problem. The one spot offering a lookout from the trail is [[Raven Rock|Raven Rock Trail]]. | |||
Throughout the year, the park hosts several events including naturalist ralleys, folk life and fall harvest festivals at the homestead, and lastly the popular rhododendron festival in late June. | |||
As I have done for years, most people likely drive through this park on their way to Carvers Gap. If you have the time, stop and look around. As I have done, you may find more than you expected and decide the trip up to Carvers Gap can wait until some other time.</div> | |||
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How can you help? | How can you help? | ||
* Send me an [mailto: | * Send me an [mailto:webmaster@tehcc.org email] to | ||
** Say you have found this site useful | ** Say you have found this site useful | ||
** Request information that would help to plan for a hike | ** Request information that would help to plan for a hike | ||
** Provide information that we have missing that you know about | ** Provide information that we have missing that you know about | ||
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| style="padding:2px;" | <h2 style="margin:3px; background:#cedff2; font-family:inherit; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #a3b0bf; text-align:left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Recent major updates | | style="padding:2px;" | <h2 style="margin:3px; background:#cedff2; font-family:inherit; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #a3b0bf; text-align:left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Recent major updates</h2> | ||
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* | * Plumbing | ||
* | ** Major overhaul of trail infoboxes underway (box on right side of trail pages) - Provides more information and creates the "tagged" information discussed above | ||
* | ** Added three new map pins, MarkerT [[Image:MarkerT.png]] to designate trail intersections, MarkerU [[Image:MarkerU.png]] to designate road crossings, and MarkerV [[Image:MarkerV.png]] to designate abandoned cabins/structures near the trail | ||
* | ** Creation of a new page category Hike Plan - used to document a single hike plan utilizing multiple trails or a partial of one - first use at [[Bays Mountain Park|Bays Mountain Park Page]] | ||
* | ** Allowed anonymous editing going good and bad - good that no vandalism edits have occurred, bad that no new editors have showed up | ||
** | ** Created a "Trail page needs" box that can be shown on pages to list and link page needs (see [[Azalea|Azalea Trail]]) | ||
* Content | * Content | ||
** | ** Major revamp of [[Rogers Ridge Horse Trail]] after a recent hike | ||
** | ** Major additions to [[Roan Mountain State Park]] - added several trails and started providing more detail about the park on its page | ||
** | ** [[Sills Branch]] - Short hike to a beautiful falls near Erwin | ||
** [[Squibb Creek Falls]] - A 2.6 mile hike to a pretty falls near Chuckey, TN | |||
** [[Bays Mountain Park]] page and trails revised for the current format | |||
** [[Warriors Path State Park]] page and trails revised for the current format - still missing some detail on mountain bike trails | |||
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Currently there are {{#ask: [[Category:Trail]] | format=count}} trails documented on our wiki! | |||
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