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Locator Lake Trail
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Locator Lake Trail

<p>The Locator Lake Trail provides access to one of the most pristine interior lakes in Voyageurs National Park, a motor-free body of water that sees far fewer visitors than the large boundary lakes a...

November 16, 2024
James E. Edmonds Backcountry Trail
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James E. Edmonds Backcountry Trail

<p>The James E. Edmonds Backcountry Trail provides the park's most immersive wilderness experience—a rugged 7.2-mile loop descending from the 3,640-foot summit ridge into the deeply incised creek holl...

November 14, 2024
Sullivan Bay Portage
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Sullivan Bay Portage

<p>The Sullivan Bay Portage is a short but historically evocative land crossing in Voyageurs National Park, tracing a route used for centuries by Ojibwe people and later by French-Canadian fur trade v...

November 14, 2024
Tennessee Rock Trail
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Tennessee Rock Trail

<p>The Tennessee Rock Trail is the premier hike at Black Rock Mountain State Park—Georgia's highest state park at 3,640 feet elevation—looping to exposed granite outcrops on the park's main ridge with...

November 12, 2024
Cruiser Lake Trail
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Cruiser Lake Trail

<p>The Cruiser Lake Trail is one of the longest and most remote hiking experiences in Voyageurs National Park, penetrating deep into the interior of the Kabetogama Peninsula—a landmass accessible only...

November 12, 2024
Lake Trahlyta Loop
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Lake Trahlyta Loop

<p>The Lake Trahlyta Loop circles the park's picturesque mountain lake—named for a Cherokee princess of local legend—through mature hardwood and rhododendron forest in Vogel State Park's developed are...

November 10, 2024
Francis Bay Trail
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Francis Bay Trail

<p>The Francis Bay Trail is the premier birding destination in Virgin Islands National Park, looping through one of St. John's largest and healthiest mangrove wetlands adjacent to the calm, turquoise ...

November 10, 2024
Coosa Backcountry Trail
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Coosa Backcountry Trail

<p>The Coosa Backcountry Trail is the most demanding and rewarding hike in Vogel State Park—a 13-mile loop ascending over two named Blue Ridge peaks and traversing some of the most rugged terrain in t...

November 8, 2024
Cinnamon Bay Trail
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Cinnamon Bay Trail

<p>The Cinnamon Bay Trail climbs from the popular Cinnamon Bay Beach campground over the central ridge of St. John and descends toward Centerline Road, passing through some of the island's most histor...

November 8, 2024
Bear Hair Gap Trail
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Bear Hair Gap Trail

<p>The Bear Hair Gap Trail is Vogel State Park's signature loop hike—a strenuous climb through the southern Blue Ridge to the Appalachian Trail at Bear Hair Gap, with spectacular views of Blood Mounta...

November 6, 2024
Annaberg Sugar Mill Ruins
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Annaberg Sugar Mill Ruins

<p>The Annaberg Plantation Trail leads through the most extensively preserved 18th-century sugar plantation ruins in Virgin Islands National Park, offering a sobering and historically rich window into...

November 6, 2024
Canyon Floor Exploration
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Canyon Floor Exploration

<p>The Canyon Floor Exploration route descends directly from the rim via the main access trail to the sandy floor of Providence Canyon, where the full scale and color of Georgia's geological wonder be...

November 4, 2024

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