Category Archives: Trails

Volunteering with the Land Trust, trail blazing, and hiking

Turtle Creek Trail – 1

Posted on November 12, 2021 by Pgibson

A soon-to-be-opened trail in the Green Mountain Nature Preserve, Turtle Creek Trail parallels its namesake down into Alum Cave Hollow. As Turtle Creek is just a provisional trail name, it may well have a different permanent name. We’ll see. In … Continue reading →

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Foster Falls

Posted on July 16, 2021 by Pgibson
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Trailbuilding – Stonefly Trail

Posted on July 8, 2021 by Pgibson

Note: This is one of several blog posts on the history of Alum Hollow and the construction of trails in the Green Mountain Nature Preserve for the Land Trust of North Alabama. Back up on the plateau, we had one … Continue reading →

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Roy B. Whitaker Preserve

Posted on July 5, 2021 by Pgibson
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Looking west from Blevins Gap

Posted on June 25, 2021 by Pgibson

This is from the Blevins Gap trailhead, Land Trust of North Alabama. Click for better details!

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Foggy Mountain Pines

Posted on June 14, 2021 by Pgibson

Early morning along Alum Hollow Trail on Green Mountain

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By-waters of the Tennessee River

Posted on June 1, 2021 by Pgibson
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A New Greenway Trail on the Tennessee River

Posted on May 27, 2021 by Pgibson

I read the news posting a few weeks ago about a new trail in the greenway system that the city of Huntsville creates and maintains. So today I checked it out for the first time. Even though it isn’t finished … Continue reading →

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Trailbuilding – In Search of a Path to The Hollow

Posted on May 20, 2021 by Pgibson

Note: This is one of several blog posts on the history of Alum Hollow and the construction of trails in the Green Mountain Nature Preserve. All of our trail building at the Green Mountain Nature Preserve up to this point … Continue reading →

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Along Alum Hollow Trail

Posted on May 19, 2021 by Pgibson

Trails up at the Green Mountain Nature Trail (and most likely everywhere) have seen a marked increase in use in 2020 as people who could get out did. They got out and hit the trails. You can see the increased … Continue reading →

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