+2 Lake Magazine Featured Take the Hiking Challenge Shaylee Moore Oct 21, 2025 Set off on an adventure this fall with Explore Lake Martin’s Hiking Challenge, offering participants the opportunity to immerse themselves in …
News Featured Top Story ‘PERSISTENCE PAYS OFF’: Construction starts on New Site walking trail By MELODY RATHEL Multimedia Reporter Melody Rathel Apr 22, 2025 After seven years in the making, the New Site walking trail is finally coming to fruition.
Lake Martin Living Pinhoti Fest Preview Betsy Iler Sep 24, 2024 Sylacauga kicks off this year’s Pinhoti Fest September 27 through 29 at Noble Park with live performances, workshops, trail tips and great dea…
News Featured Top Story Gov. Kay vey approves funding for New Site walking trail Lizi Arbogast Gwin Lizi Arbogast Gwin Aug 5, 2024 As part of a campaign to improve recreation in Alabama, Gov. Kay Ivey has officially approved funding for the walking trail in New Site, which…
Sports Begin 2024 with a First Day Hike at an Alabama State Park Staff Report Dec 30, 2023 Alabama State Parks is hosting 11 First Day Hikes as part of a national program designed to celebrate the new year and the great outdoors. The…
+5 Lake Martin Living Featured Gear up and go! Betsy Iler Oct 24, 2023 Hikers from around the country descended upon Sylacauga last month for the Second Annual Pinhoti Fest, a hiking season kick-off celebration an…
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' 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…
+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.
+4 News Featured Hiking the Appalachians? Start at Flagg Mountain in Coosa County Siri Hedreen Jul 13, 2021 Appalachian Trail hikers may start their journey in Springer Mountain, Georgia, but geological purists know the Appalachian range really start…