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Bartram Trail
Satolah, Georgia
UseHiking
Highest pointWayah Bald, 5,385 ft (1,641 m)
Lowest pointChattooga River, 1,500 ft (460 m)
DifficultyMedium[1]
SeasonAll year
Sign on Wayah Bald, North Carolina

The Bartram Trail follows the approximate route of 18th-century

naturalist William Bartram
’s southern journey from March 1773 to January 1777. Bartram explored much of the territory which is now the states of North and South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Tennessee.

The most established section is a

National Recreation Trail in Georgia,[2][3] North Carolina,[4] and Alabama.[5]

The Bartram Trail Conference, Inc., was founded in 1976 to identify and mark the route of Bartram’s southern explorations and to promote interest in developing recreational trails and botanical gardens along the route. The BTC also encourages the study, preservation and interpretation of the William Bartram heritage at both cultural and natural sites in Trail states.

The North Carolina Bartram Trail Society was organized in 1977. The Society reached an agreement with the U.S. Forest Service to mark the general trail corridor within the Nantahala National Forest, and to blaze and build the trail, which was completed. They conduct meetings in the Spring and Fall each year, and organize trail work hikes.

Georgia

Bartram Trail on Rabun Bald

In Georgia, the Bartram Trail covers 37.7 miles (60.7 km).[1] After entering Georgia from North Carolina, the trail follows a ridge line to its highest point in Georgia at Rabun Bald ,

waterfalls
like Martin Creek Falls and Becky Branch Falls and vistas from Rabun Bald, the Bartram Trail offers a great deal of scenic beauty.

The Georgia portion of the trail is entirely in the

Chattahoochee National Forest and is managed by the United States Forest Service. The southern terminus of the Bartram Trail is at its intersection with Georgia State Route 28 at the South Carolina
state line.

South Carolina

The trail connects into South Carolina along the Chattooga Trail, joining with the Foothills Trail, which is also a designated National Recreation Trail.

North Carolina

Bartram Trail meets the Appalachian Trail on Wayah Bald, North Carolina

In North Carolina, the Bartram Trail meanders 78.4 miles (126.2 km) near the mountainous towns of

canoe section on the Little Tennessee River.[6]

Florida

Bartram Trail at Ravine Gardens State Park, Florida

The William Bartram Scenic & Historic Highway, named in honor of the botanist's travels in Florida, runs 17 miles (27 km) along the east side of the

St. Johns County on State Road 13
.

Jacksonville) is named for the scenic highway and Bartram's exploration route around the Northern St. Johns County area.[7]

Alabama

The 200-mile (320 km) long Bartram Canoe Trail system of canoe and kayak water trails in the Mobile-Tensaw River Delta is one of the longest in the United States.[8] It is operated by the Alabama Department of Conservation and offers canoeists and kayakers 13 different routes to choose from, including three routes with floating campsites. Named for William Bartram, it represents a small section of Bartram's travels by boat on the Mobile, Tensaw and Tombigbee Rivers in the summer of 1775.

The

Fort Toulouse Park, near Wetumpka, Alabama
and is named in honor of the 18th century naturalist, who visited the area in 1776.

See also

  • List of Hiking Trails in Alabama

References

  1. ^ a b Forest Service profile of the Bartram Trail in Georgia
  2. ^ Bartram Trail entry for Georgia in National Recreation Trails Database
  3. ^ a b Ray, John; Malcolm Skove (Winter 2006). Bartram Trail.
  4. ^ Bartram Trail entry for North Carolina in National Recreation Trails Database
  5. National Recreation Trail
    Database. Retrieved July 25, 2020.
  6. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2009-01-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. ^ Florida Times-Union: May 22, 1999-St. Johns names schools; Bartram, Menendez will be namesakes Archived March 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ Tour Alabama.org Archived March 11, 2008, at the Wayback Machine

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