Georgia Pinhoti Trail (continued)

The trail is the result of many hours of work by the U.S. Forest Service, concerned citizens, government officials, and volunteer trail workers. The goal now is to minimize and eventually eliminate the need for any road walks along the route.

There are two major sections where we need to acquire land or right of ways to make the connections. One is between Cave Spring in Polk County and the Simms Mountain Trail north of Rome in Floyd County. The other is from Dug Gap in Dalton to Ramhurst in Murray County. To complete this vision the GPT needs your help and donations. You can get further information about the trail at the GPTA website www.georgiapinhoti.org. You can support the trail by volunteering or making a donation to the GPTA.

To donate to this worthy and tax deductible cause, just click on the Donate link on various GPTA web pages.

Editor’s Note for horseback trail riding:
The most accessible portions of the GPT for horseback riding are in the ridge and valley portion of our National Forest land, west of I-75. Several articles have been presented in the club newsletter during 2005 about that area. There are excellent sections of the GPT in the Cohutta area but parking for equestrian rigs is quite limited. Jacks River Fields is one location in the Cohutta area that offers camping and trailer parking close to the GPT. To view detailed trail route information and driving directions go to the GPTA website home page, click on the Maps link, then click on any of the trail user symbols or on the Trail Guide buttons at the bottom of the page.

To view actual topographic maps with the trail overlaid on the map, go to the Northwest Georgia Southern Off-Road Bicycle Association website at www.nwgasorba.org and review the various maps on their website. Click on the Trail Maps button, and then select the trail section of interest.