News Featured Promotion Coosa County’s Flagg Mountain Tower reopens after hiatus By Larry Robinson Staff Writer Larry Robinson Jun 23, 2022 The Flagg Mountain Tower is open to the public after a series of renovations and refurbishing efforts were made to get the tower back in touri…
News Featured State park system backs Appalachian Trail extension (but to Cheaha, not Coosa County) Siri Hedreen Feb 22, 2022 Two state agencies have backed a campaign to bring the Appalachian Trail to Alabama, proposing Cheaha State Park, the state's highest point, a…
News Featured Nimblewill Nomad Siri Hedreen / The Outlook Nov 22, 2021 M.J. "Sunny" Eberhart hugs his friend Kimm Wright atop the newly restored Flagg Mountain lookout tower Sunday. Buy Now
News Featured 'Nimblewill Nomad' ceremoniously ends 2,600-mile hike atop Flagg Mountain lookout tower Siri Hedreen Nov 22, 2021 When M.J. "Sunny" Eberhart, 83, began his 2,600-mile hike in February, he started at the Flagg Mountain lookout tower, .9 miles into the Pinho…
News Featured Nimblewill Nomad Jake Arthur / The Outlook Nov 17, 2021 M.J. "Sunny" Eberhart, known by the trail name "Nimblewill Nomad," stands on the porch of his cabin atop Flagg Mountain, Coosa County Monday, … Buy Now
News Featured Flagg Mountain Jake Arthur / The Outlook Nov 17, 2021 The lookout tower atop Flagg Mountain, part of the Weogufka State Forest in Coosa County. Buy Now
News Featured Nimblewill Nomad Jake Arthur Nov 17, 2021 M.J. "Sunny" Eberhart, known by the trail name "Nimblewill Nomad," sits in his cabin atop Flagg Mountain, Coosa County Monday, shortly after e… Buy Now
+3 News Featured Flagg Mountain caretaker 'Nimblewill Nomad,' 83, is back home after becoming oldest to hike Appalachian Trail Siri Hedreen Updated Aug 1, 2025 Earlier this month, M.J. "Sunny" Eberhart, 83, broke the age record to become the oldest person to hike the Appalachian Trail.
