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NOVEMBER 15, THURSDAY, 9:15 a.m.
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
Adult Fee Ages 12+ $5.00
Seniors 62+ $2.00
Children Ages 4-11 $2.00
Optional dinner at a Huntsville restaurant after the hike.
Well-behaved, properly supervised children age 8 and over welcome.
DECEMBER
6, THURSDAY, Meet 8:15 a.m.
Weekday
Hike in Tannehill State Park
Details: Come with us on our weekday hike. Enjoy an easy 3 or
so-mile hike on trails in an especially lovely Alabama Historical State Park.
And the site is very near Birmingham!
Tannehill Ironworks Historical State Park has more than
1,500 acres in three counties set aside for hiking, camping and outdoor
recreation. A miniature railroad chugs through the pines. From spring through
fall, the blacksmith, miller and craftsmen demonstrate their trades. Craft
shops occupy restored pioneer cabins and artisans chat with visitors from their
front porches. Steeped in history, Tannehill feels timeless. The cotton gin,
pioneer farm and working gristmill preserve a long-gone way of life. Hiking
trails retrace historic roadways. Artifacts of Alabama’s 19th century iron
industry displayed in the Iron and Steel Museum put in perspective the massive
stone furnaces, Tannehill’s awe-inspiring centerpiece.
The same ingredients afford today’s visitors a pleasurable
escape from modern life.
If you are retired or not working on this particular
Thursday, you are urged to participate in the Southeastern Outings’ group hike
on the trails and get a feel for the location and scale of the land.
This walk will be Southeastern Outings’ third hike in
Tannehill Historical State Park. Come
with us for a guided tour of easily walkable trails. Please bring water and wear good walking shoes or boots. Dress
appropriately for the weather.
Please meet 8:15 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 8:30 a.m.
Optional restaurant lunch after the hike.
Day-Use Park Admission: $5 Adults (12 years and older); $4 Seniors (Ages 62 and older); $3 Children (Ages 6-11); ages 5 and under free
Information: Christine Heckemeyer, 205/979-5730
DECEMBER 8, SATURDAY, Meet 8:45 a.m.
Moderately Easy Dayhike, Alum Hollow on Green Mountain,
Nature Trail also on Green Mountain, and Monte Sano State Park--all in the
Huntsville, AL Area
Details: Our first adventure of the day will be hiking Alum Hollow
Trail. Sitting atop Green Mountain in Huntsville, Alum Hollow Trail just opened
to the public in the spring of 2016 and is on property donated to the Land
Trust of North Alabama. The mile long trail (one-way) is an easy stroll through
light woods, ending at two waterfalls. The last hundred feet of the trail down
to the waterfalls is steep but very walkable with time and careful
footing. If you wish to not walk down to the falls, there is an area
where you can sit and wait for those who do go down. While waiting, you can
explore a rock overhang that probably served as shelter for Native Americans. This
hike is rated easy to moderate based on the last hundred feet.
After our hike at Alum Hollow, we will go to the Madison
County Nature Trail on Green Mountain for a picnic lunch. We can sit amongst
the trees in the picnic grounds and enjoy the view of a covered bridge across
the lake. There are restrooms there. This is really a pretty setting.
From Green Mountain we will travel to Monte Sano State Park
and hike the Sinks and Stone Cuts Trails. This 3 to 4-mile hike is moderate mainly
based on length. There is some elevation gain, but it is not strenuous. Trails
are generally in good shape, but in some places the trails have what is known
as the 3 R’s of hiking; rocks, roots and ruts. While known for their spring
wildflowers, these trails will showcase the fall forest and should offer us
beautiful fall colors if conditions are right. The Stone Cuts are large,
natural rock formations on the mountain. When you enter the large
limestone rocks to see the Stone Cuts, you feel the temperature drop.
This is especially refreshing during the warmer months of the year.
Please wear hiking boots or sturdy shoes and clothing
appropriate for the weather.
Bring water, snacks, a picnic lunch, hiking poles if you use
them and
Monte Sano Park entrance
fee.
Adult Fee Ages 12+ $5.00
Seniors 62+ $2.00
Children Ages 4-11 $2.00
Optional dinner at a Huntsville restaurant after the hike.
Well-behaved, properly supervised children age 8 and over welcome.
Meet 8:45 a.m.at
the Hayden/Corner Park and Ride. We plan to depart from there at 9:00
a.m. You may also meet at 10:15 am in the parking lot in front of the
Target Store in Valley
Bend at Jones Valley. The whole group plans to depart from there at 10:30
a.m. Address of the Target Store is 2750 Carl T. Jones Drive, Suite 7,
Huntsville, Alabama 35802-4914. Please park in the shopping center
parking lot. You can then use the restrooms in the Target before we leave to
start our
hike.
DECEMBER 9, 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
DECEMBER 15, SATURDAY,
Meet 8:45 a.m.
Dayhike on the
Deadening Trail at Lake Martin near Alexander City, Alabama
Details: The Deadening Trail is among the
most scenic and diverse hiking trails in Alabama. The cliffs of the
Tallapoosa, the Needles Eye, and Lichen and Jasmine Bluffs are just a few of
the unusual and unique rock formations that await the hiker. The trails
are routed through a variety of flora and fauna. There are high rocky ridges with mountain long leaf pine,
mountain laurel, low and high bush blueberry, and lush hardwood forests that
include redbud, sourwood, dogwood, native azalea, umbrella and big leaf
magnolia. Large thickets of Catawba
Rhododendron are numerous. Deer, turkey
and numerous bird species, including bald eagles, can be seen along the
trail.
The Deadening Trail is a moderately strenuous 3.6 mile loop
trail at Lake Martin. The trail is a
more challenging footpath than other trails located along an area of the
southeast shore of beautiful Lake Martin (a 40,000-acre, 700-mile-shoreline
lake) in Tallapoosa County, Alabama.
In order to manage most effectively hiking on this difficult
trail it is highly recommended that you wear hiking boots, not tennis shoes,
and that you bring a trekking pole (hiking stick) or two. Also be sure to bring plenty of water with
you.
Optional dinner after the hike.
Please meet 8:45 a.m. at the parking lot of the
Publix in the Village at Lee Branch in Greystone. We plan to
depart from there at 9:00 a.m.
DECEMBER 22, SATURDAY, Meet 9:45
a.m.
Dayhike
Where: The new Shoal Creek Park, Montevallo, Alabama
Details: Southeastern Outings has planned an
easy hike to the new Shoal Creek Park in Montevallo. On October 30, 2018, ten people participated in an SEO scouting
trip there led by Shane Baugh, the Montevallo Parks and Recreation Director,
and we were delighted at what we found.
This 167-acre
park has some new trails (2.1 miles and 1.6 miles) already constructed and some
less developed trails which we will also hike.
One trail does follow the creek a good ways. The park is located on both sides of Shoal Creek about 2 miles
upstream from Orr Park where we have begun our past hikes on the Montevallo
Parks Trail. There is already a foot
bridge over the creek in the new park.
The park is located very close to American Village on AL Highway 119 in
Montevallo.
You are
invited to come on this hiking trip with us.
Please bring your picnic lunch and water with you and please
meet at 9:45 a.m. in the parking lot behind the McDonald’s on U.S. Highway
31 at the Riverchase Galleria.
Well-behaved, carefully supervised children age 7 and older
able to walk 4 miles without complaining welcome
Admission to the park is free!
DECEMBER 29, SATURDAY, Meet 8:45
a.m.
Dayhike
Where: DeSoto State Park and Lost Falls
Details: Moderately easy hike in DeSoto State
Park. We will hike along the beautiful West Fork of Little River. We’ll also hike various other trails in the
park and visit Lost Falls and possibly DeSoto Falls. This is one of the most scenic state parks in Alabama. Well-behaved, carefully supervised children
age 9 and over able to walk about 5 miles without complaining welcome.
After the outing we’ll enjoy an optional restaurant dinner
together.
Please meet 8:45 a.m. at the Applebee’s Trussville.
We plan to depart from there at 9:00 a.m.
Info: Dan Frederick, seoutings@bellsouth.net or phone 205/631-4680
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Details: Located on the banks of Lake Martin, Alabama’s largest and allegedly most beautiful lake, the area offers linked loop trails. Cherokee Ridge Alpine Trails are among the most scenic and diverse hiking trails in Alabama. The trails skirt the shoreline of beautiful Lake Martin, a 40,000-acre, 700-mile-shoreline lake.
JANUARY 10, THURSDAY, 9:15 a.m.
JANUARY 5, SATURDAY, Meet 8:45 a.m.
Moderately Strenuous Dayhike on the Cherokee Ridge Alpine Trail System
at Lake Martin, near Alexander City, Alabama
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Details: Located on the banks of Lake Martin, Alabama’s largest and allegedly most beautiful lake, the area offers linked loop trails. Cherokee Ridge Alpine Trails are among the most scenic and diverse hiking trails in Alabama. The trails skirt the shoreline of beautiful Lake Martin, a 40,000-acre, 700-mile-shoreline lake.
Other
areas of the trails are high rocky ridges and bluffs, some with vistas of 6 to
8 miles overlooking Kowaliga Bay, Chimney Rock, and others along rocky shoal
creeks, and rippling brooks. The trails are routed through a variety of
flora and fauna. There are high rocky ridges with mountain long leaf
pine, mountain laurel, low and high bush blueberry, and lush hardwood forests
that include redbud, sourwood, dogwood, native azalea, umbrella and big leaf
magnolia. Large thickets of Catawba Rhododendron are numerous.
Deer, turkey and numerous bird species, including bald eagles, can be seen
along the trail.
The
trails are built to blend into nature, free of bicycles, motorized vehicles,
horses or other pack animals. All trails are built on Alabama Power
Company land that is set aside as naturally undeveloped.
The trails are well-marked and
maintained, the terrain is varied, and the scenery on a clear day is
spectacular. We will hike about 4
miles. We will see longleaf pine and
mixed hardwood forests, open airy sections, and other trail sections under
fuller forest canopy. We also will see
pristine lake views, boats, birds, boulders and deer tracks.
Please wear hiking boots! Please meet 8:45 a.m. at Publix in the Village at Lee Branch in Greystone. We plan to depart from there at 9:00 a.m.
Well-behaved, carefully supervised
children age ten and over welcome.
Optional restaurant dinner after.
Info: Dan Frederick, 205/631-4680
JANUARY 6, SUNDAY, Meet 1:15 p.m.
Walk Very Near Birmingham
Where: Shepherd Addition to the Turkey Creek Nature Preserve near
Pinson in Jefferson County, Alabama
Details: Enjoy a walk in the woodlands near Birmingham on a
Sunday afternoon. We expect that this
property will eventually be added to the Turkey Creek Nature Preserve. It is a spectacularly diverse, forested
property with streams, small canyons, hills and a great variety of
wildlife. Don’t miss it!
Please meet 1:15 p.m. at the Turkey Creek Nature Preserve oval, upper parking
lot on the north side of The Narrows Road about 1.4 miles west of the
intersection of AL 79, AL 151 and The Narrows Road in Pinson. We plan to depart from there at 1:30 p.m.
We will walk across The Narrows
Road from the oval parking lot to the Shepherd Addition. Total walking distance may be about 4
miles. Rated moderate.
Well-behaved, carefully supervised
children age 7 and older able to walk 4 miles welcome. Share an adventure. Bring a friend or friends.
Info: David
Shepherd, email davidshep2@yahoo.com
or 205/240-4681
JANUARY 10, 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
JANUARY
12, SATURDAY, Meet 8:45 a.m.
Dayhike
Where: Point
Mallard Park, Decatur, Alabama
Details: The hiking route offers very scenic views. The Point Mallard Park trail runs right
along Wheeler Lake, an impoundment of the Tennessee River.
At some point during the event, we
anticipate also going to the Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge Observation
Building. Please bring a picnic lunch
and drink to eat on the trail. Rated
fairly easy. Well-behaved, properly
supervised children age 7 and over are welcome. Optional dinner after.
Please meet 8:45 a.m. at the
Hayden/Corner Park and Ride. We plan to depart from there at 9:00 a.m.
Info: Dan Frederick, seoutings@bellsouth.net
or 205/631-4680
JANUARY 13, 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.
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
JANUARY 19, SATURDAY
OPEN
JANUARY 26, SATURDAY, Meet 9:45 a.m.
Dayhike: Cahaba River Park in Western Shelby County north of
Montevallo
Details: The Cahaba
River is among the most scenic and biologically diverse waterways in the United
States, and the public now has access to a portion of the river in Shelby
County. Work is underway on the Cahaba
River Park, a 1,500-acre site near the Bibb County line in western Shelby
County. Please come with us for our
very first moderately easy hike in this newly created park.
Cahaba River Park will include two sectors: a larger sector
on the north side of the river and a sector on the south side of the river that
will allow for motorized access.
The river will split the park into two sites with different
amenities. The north side, which is
being called the Helena/Hoover Sector, includes most of the park’s acreage. The
sector comprises 1,212 acres of Forever Wild property and 127 acres of county
property.
The south side of the river, which is being called the
Boothton/Montevallo Sector, comprises 188 acres of Shelby County property.
Cahaba River Park is a Shelby County venture that is being
developed in conjunction with Forever Wild Land Trust, an initiative of the
Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.
Improvements to Shelby County 251, or River Road on the
north side of the Cahaba River, are about 75 percent complete.
Planned work includes about 15 miles of professionally
designed trails for mountain biking, hiking and trail running; multiple parking
locations at trailheads; several canoe launch sites that will allow for short
trips or runs as long as 7 miles; a pavilion and restroom facility; and a
caretaker’s house for a law enforcement officer.
Well-behaved, carefully supervised children age 7 and older
able to walk about three miles without complaining are welcome to participate
in this trip.
Please meet at 9:45
a.m. in the parking lot behind the McDonald’s on U.S. Highway 31 at the
Riverchase Galleria. We plan to depart
from there at 10:00 a.m.
Admission to the park is free.
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