GetHiking! Southeast

The Story of the Southeast's First Thru-Hikers

January 05, 2021 Joe Miller
GetHiking! Southeast
The Story of the Southeast's First Thru-Hikers
Show Notes

Every once in a while here on the GetHiking! Southeast Podcast we’ll go literary on you, sharing a favorite piece of outdoor writing or retelling a story either long forgotten or pretty obscure to begin with. Today, we share from a 2017 essay by author John Toohey on who may well be the first people — the first people of European descent, at least — to hike the length of the East Coast. Who they are and when they did it may surprise you.

  • To read John Toohey's entire essay, go here.
  • For more stories of yore, adventure and otherwise, check out The Public Domain Review here.

In addition, we share news of the National Forests of North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia, and discuss how you can make use of the National Forest websites to plan and successful execute your adventures.
 
Below are the links to the following National Forest websites:

How much land is encompassed by our National Forests? Find out here.

We mentioned the size of our State Parks as well. Here's where that information came from.

Our upcoming trips!

We mentioned several upcoming trips in our GetHiking! and GetBackpacking! worlds. To learn more about these trips and to join us, visit GetGoingNC.com and click on Explore with Us! Those trips include:

  • GetBackpacking! on the coastal Neusiok Trail, Jan. 8-10
  • GetHiking! Winter Wild on the Caswell Game Lands, Jan. Jan. 17
  • GetHiking! Winter Coastal Escape to Jones Lake State Park, Jan. 22-24
  • GetHiking! Winter Coastal Escape on the Weetock Trail, Jan. 30
  • GetBackpacking! AT: Coldspring Mountain Loop, Feb. 19-21