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Additional Trails to Consider (Mississippi)
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Additional Trails to Consider (Mississippi)Summary: The following Mississippi trails and their descriptions were gathered from GORP’s website. A more complete list of trails is located at http://gorp.away.com/gorp/trailfinder/search_results.tcl?stateid=26 this link. This link http://www.localhikes.com/Default.asp gives detailed information on trails located by metropolitan areas. Chata Trail Highlights: This three-mile trail winds around and across ridges and hardwood bottomlands, providing occasional views of Choctaw Lake. Trail: 3 miles
Highlights: One of the most popular horse trails in Mississippi Trail: 18 miles
Highlights: A nice weeklong trip! Trail: 40.5 miles
Highlights: This hilly trail offers a variety of scenery for both hikers and bikers. Trail: 12 miles
Highlights: This 23 mile trail, open to both hikers and horses, meanders through the Bienville National Forest. Trail: 23 miles
Highlights: Multiple-use trails. The trail is great for cycling. Good paved surface. Nice restrooms and water. Small towns are along the route for refreshments. Trail: 39 miles
Highlights: 50 plus waterfalls ranging in 10 to 30 feet... Trail: 17.8 miles
Highlights: Very easy trail with little or no change in elevation and plenty of break areas to enter/exit trail through out. Trail: 19 miles
Highlights: The first half of this portion of the Art Loeb Trail is perhaps the most spectacular. Black Balsam and Tennant Mountains both exceed 6,000 feet in elevation. Grass balds provide outstanding views during clear weather, but at this high elevation you can expect cold, rainy weather all year. Trail: 3.29 miles
Highlights: This is a short but steep trail that climbs 160 feet in elevation in the course of 0.6 mile. On a clear day, the climb is certainly worth the effort with views of up to 70 miles distant. Trail: 6 miles
Highlights: You will cross several streams and three separate ridges, so you will move from a forest of cove hardwoods such as yellow poplar and red oak to a upland hardwood forest of oak, black gum and red maple. Waterfalls, cascades and an old mica mine are points of interest. You will also see old log bridges and a railroad trestle, which remind us of the rich history of this area. Trail: 3.1 miles
Highlights: This is a strenuous trail, and after all of the ups and downs you will have climbed over 20,000 feet in elevation! The trail enters the Pisgah District at Haywood Gap on the Blue Ridge Parkway and leaves at the French Broad River. You will pass through just about every ecosystem found in the southern Appalachian Mountains from high-elevation grass balds to cove hardwoods forests, and from mountain ridges to thickets of rhododendron. Trail: 57.60 miles
Highlights: This is one of the most challenging trails on the Pisgah District, but is also one of the most pristine. Be prepared to cover a series of steep ascents and descents along the entire length of the trail. The trail follows the top of a ridge and affords scenic views into the South Mills River valley. Trail: 5.5 miles Chinquapin Mountain, Nantahala National Forest Highlights: The trail continues along a tributary, crossing it several times on rocks and logs. This can be wet and slippery. On the ridgeline at the top (approximate elevation 4100 feet) there are three overlooks with views of Blue Valley. Trail: 3.5 miles
Highlights: Whitewater Falls has a drop of 411 feet, the highest mayor waterfall east of the Rockies. The trail goes up to an elevation of 3200 and then follows a ridgeline to the NC-SC border. Miles: 2.5
Highlights: With an elevation of 5127 feet, Yellow Mountain is one of the highest mountains in the Highlands Ranger District. On top of Yellow Mountain is the fire tower, which was recognized as a National Historic Lookout in 1992. The 360-degree view from the top is spectacular. Trail: 4.79 miles
Highlights: This trail is renowned as the most rugged trail of the east. There are places where you have to use your hands to climb up certain steep sections, although no ropes are required. Trail: 12 miles
Highlights: Along the way there are two prominent overlook points that provide some of the most spectacular views of the Black Mountain Range Crest and its South Toe Valley. Trail: 3.89 miles
Highlights: This trail, blazed in white, follows a ridgeline to the Green Knob Lookout Tower at 5090 ft and provides amazing views of this beautiful mountainous region. Trail: 3.29 miles
Highlights: This trail leads to the peak of Mt. Mitchell, the highest point east of the Mississippi. Trail: 5.7 miles
Highlights: This trail leads to the impressive Douglas Falls and Cascade Falls. Miles: 5.5
Highlights: The trail flanks Shinbone Creek and provides views of the Unaka Mountains and the magnificent Nolichucky Gorge. Trail: 8.5 miles
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