This is the second of a three-part series about the different trail areas covered in the second edition of the Uwharrie Lakes Region Trail Guide. The guidebook is organized in sections, one for each geographic area containing trails. Sections are ordered alphabetically, making it easier to find a specific trail area when flipping through...
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Trail Areas of the Uwharrie, Part 1
Several of my recent posts have been about the Uwharrie Trail, with a focus on the newly reopened sections. New trail is exciting, but there are many other trails in the Uwharrie Lakes Region. This is the first of a three-part series about the different trail areas in the Uwharries. The second edition of...
"Trail Areas of the Uwharrie, Part 1"Continue readingLooking Ahead to 2015
What are you hoping to accomplish in 2015? Some of my goals for the upcoming year: be a better husband/father/son, sleep better, eat better, declutter, save more. You know how that list goes. Here are a few of my other goals. Write better. I would like to improve my writing skills this year. How...
"Looking Ahead to 2015"Continue readingThanks Giving For Trails
With another Thanksgiving holiday nearly behind us, I’d like to take a moment to offer my thanks to those whose efforts over the years have made it possible for everyone to enjoy the trails in the Uwharrie Lakes Region (and beyond). Trail builders definitely deserve thanks. Trails don’t come about or stay in place...
"Thanks Giving For Trails"Continue readingAutumn Hike and Cookout – Nov 9, 2014
Come Join us this Sunday for a hike and cookout. We’ll be hiking in the Birkhead Mountains Wilderness. The cookout will be at the location of a future new trailhead on the Uwharrie Trail. More details can be found here. If you don’t have a copy of the trail guide yet, this will be...
"Autumn Hike and Cookout – Nov 9, 2014"Continue readingUwharrie Trip Finder
Have you ever had trouble deciding where to take a group of less-experienced hikers? The Uwharrie Lakes Region Trail Guide provides a solution with Trip quick reference tables and the online Uwharrie Trip Finder! Several Scoutmasters recently told me of their challenges planning a hiking or backpacking trip when the group of Scouts included...
"Uwharrie Trip Finder"Continue readingUwharrie Trail Audio Tour
Have you ever had the pleasure of hiking a trail with a expert who could show you unique points of interest and tell you stories about them? The extra information adds a wonderful new layer to your hiking experience. Life Scout Chris Moncrief recently completed a project that offers the next best thing. There...
"Uwharrie Trail Audio Tour"Continue readingExploring the Trips
Among the unique features in the Uwharrie Lakes Region Trail Guide are the “Trips”. Individual trails are covered in detail, as one would expect in a guidebook. But I found that single trails rarely lead you from a trail head to all the points you want to visit, and then back to the trail...
"Exploring the Trips"Continue readingExploring the New Maps
The elevation profiles in the Second Edition of the Uwharrie Lakes Region Trail Guide aren’t the only new features. Each trail and trip in the guide has its own brand new detailed map to help you visualize the route and identify important locations along the way. All of the maps were redrawn for the...
"Exploring the New Maps"Continue readingExploring the New Elevation Profiles
Hot off the press, the Second Edition of the Uwharrie Lakes Region Trail Guide features a new format for the elevation profiles. Each trail and trip in the guide has its own detailed graph to help you visualize the elevation changes and important locations along the length of the route. The previous edition of...
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