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The Pinhoti Trail
A Southeast Region Appalachian Trail Connector

Pocket Guide Updates

The 2011 Pinhoti Trail Pocket Guide Order Page

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2011 Pocket Guide



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2010 Pocket Guide

09-1-10
214.3 Cross Starling Mill Road and continue straight on Simms Mountain Trail ( old
railroad bed )

214.5 Cross trestle over Taliaferro Creek. Immediately beyond the trestle, turn right
onto a foot trail that at first parallels Taliaferro Creek and and leave the old railroad
bed. At this point, the railroad bed trail continues straight but leaves the Pinhoti. To stay
on the Pinhoti, you must turn right just past the trestle and leave the old railroad bed.

214.8  Cross shallow stream

215.2 Cross under power transmission line

215.5  Reach Georgia Highway 100. Cross the highway to reach the large U.S. Forest
Service parking lot for the High Point Trail head. After leading 54.4 miles north from the
U.S. Forest Service parking at the north end of Alabama's Talladega Forest on U.S. 278,
the Pinhoti Trail enters the southwesternmost part of Georgia's Chattahoochee National
Forest.

7-27-10
OK- Computer has been repaired. Sorry for the delay on orders in my inbox.

7-18-10
My computer has crashed : (  so, it doesn't look like I'll be printing any trail guides in
the near future.

The etrail guides in the 1st column of the Site Map page contain basically the same
info as the Pocket Guide. These should work for you, if you have access to a printer.

Solo

4-28-10
Section 19
Mile 5.0 ~ HOLLAND, GA ~ CS
The convenience store here looks like it is closed for good.

4-16-10
Section 19
The road walk between mile 7.0 and 8.2 in Section 19 has been changed to woods trail.
Notice that mile 7.0 now says cross the road instead of turning right, so the GA 100
landmark between 7.0 and 8.2 is erased.

Section 19 / Hiking Directions

NORTHERN TERMINUS / FINISH HIKE
8.2 ~ HIGH POINT TRAILHEAD / GA 100
Enter the large parking area at the High Point Trailhead.
7.0 ~ STARLING MILL ROAD
Cross the paved Starling Mill Road.
6.4 ~ CLARK’S CREEK TRESTLE CROSSING ~ RW
5.0 ~ HOLLAND, GA ~ CS
CS ~ The store is to the right at the junction of GA 100 and Holland - Chattoogaville Road.
0.0 ~ GA 100 TRAILHEAD
The north trail crosses GA 100 diagonally to the right.
SOUTHERN TERMINUS / START HIKE


1-19-10
Section 9
2010 edition ~ There was an error on page 33, Section 9 Hiking Directions.
Older editions ~ page 31.

1.4 ~ 2.6 ~ 3 Spring Crossings ~ SW

Here's how it should read:
1.4 ~ 1.8 ~ 3 Spring Crossings ~ SW

3-9-10
Section 26, 27, 28
The road walk through Dalton and Chatsworth, GA has been changed. It still crosses I-75
on GA 52, but then it drops south a few miles to continue east through the Conasauga
valley to Ramhurst instead of crossing the valley on GA 52 to Chatsworth and then south
on US 411 to Ramhurst. This southern route is much less populated and better reflects
the general area where property may be purchased to put the Pinhoti Trail in the woods
some day. This re-route has added 10.3 miles to the total length of the Pinhoti (334.9).
The trail guides for sections 26, 27, 28, 29, 30 and 31 have been updated to show the
new route and added mileage.
If you plan to hike through this area, you may want to print the trail guides for Sections
26, 27, 28 from the Site Map, Column 1. Each section will print on two - 8 1/2 x 11 sheets.
Starting today, the Pocket Guides include this new info.


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2009 Pocket Guide

11 / 16 / 09
Section 7
There was an error on page 27, Section 7 Hiking Directions.

12.4 ~ CR 24 CROSSING ~ 750' ~ TT, LC, RW
Go left 25 yards and go back in the woods on the right.
TT ~ Go left 6.9 miles to Oxford, AL.

Here is how it should read:
TT ~ Go left 2.0 mi. to 4 way. Go left 4.9 mi. to Oxford.

Going out to measure the distance to the 4 way stop sign has been on my to do list for
several years, but the idea just got lost until early this morning. Wow. My copy of the
Pocket Guide was laying there open to page 27 while I was drinking a cup of coffee....

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