We all know what a hiker is. Most should know that Mania is an obsession with something. It is the excessive interest in doing something. And Maniac is someone who shows great enthusiasm for doing something, ie: hiking. I guess that describes most serious hikers, which is why I chose these domains and titles for my websites dealing with hiking.
I believe I consider myself a Hiker Maniac who suffers from Hiker Mania.
Are you a Hiker Maniac?
McAfee Knob on the A.T.
Go to my Old Rag Mountain Hike site
Go to Abandoned cars in the Shenandoah National Park
I went for a relaxing drive on the Blue Ridge Parkway when I decided to pull off onto an overlook to check out the scenery. Well, I got more than what I bargained for Check out what happened here
Go to my Old Rag Mountain Hike site
Go to My trip to Cumberland Gap Nat'l Park and Damascus, Va-the Friendliest town on the AT
Go to Abandoned cars in the Shenandoah National Park
Go to my main site
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Updated May, 2010
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Thanks for dropping by!
How about showing your hiking pride to everyone who sees your vehicle. Get an AT license plate from the DMV next time you renew. Let's show 'em how many Appalachian Trail hikers there are out there. Proceeds go to the AT conservancy for a great cause. Go to www.DMVnow.com to do so.
Wait! I recognize that site on the plates! Ah, yes, McAfee Knob on the A.T., not far from Catawba, north of Roanoke, Va.
Go to My trip to Cumberland Gap Nat'l Park and Damascus, Va-the Friendliest town on the AT
Go to Our Annual Sherando Area Camping Trip and hike through St. Mary's Wilderness Area May 15, 2010
Go to My Annual Trip to the Graves Mountain Bluegrass Festival
Ottie Cline Powell, The Little Lost Boy in the Virginia Mountains
My hike (April 20, 2010) to the peak of Bluff Mountain, near Buea Vista, Va and the sad Legend of Ottie Cline Powell. The 4 year old boy who became lost on Bluff Mountain and froze on top the mountain in 1891, whose body was found 5 months later.
How 'bout an ATV trip in West Virginia on the beautiful Hatfield-McCoy Trail System? Click Here for pics of our trip a bunch of us take twice a year. and hiking
www.HikerManiac.com
Some of my websites:
www.PonderedThoughts.com
www.AndyDelbridge.com
www.BluegrassBanjo.net
Trees, Trees and more Trees. Check out these wonderful sites regarding trees in Virginia
Virginia Department of Forestry. Download a pdf of their copy of native trees in Virginia and see what programs they have available Here
Va Dept of Forestry: Identify trees native to Va
Appalachian Trail Thru Hikers Companion pdf
Virginia's Big Tree Program. This is a database of the top 5 biggest reported trees in each species in Virginia. Very interesting.
National Forest Service< Publications.
National Forest trees click here.
We can be proud that Virginia has a claim as having the Nation's largetst White Oak which is beleived to be 500 years old...it may have been here when Columbus hit some strange land and probably when Jamestown first inhabited white men.
Remarkable Trees of Virginia. Check out this book (apparently the first in an upcoming series) and website about Virginia's remarkable trees.
Others' interesting sites relating to hiking/camping:
How many people have actually thru-hiked the entire 2,160 miles of the AT each year? Find out Here. info from Appalachian Trail Conservancy
Noteworthy 2,000 milers throughout the history of the Appalachian Trail from the Appalachian Trail Conservancy
www.skywalkerAT.com
www.hikingupward.com Detailing the Old Rag hike
USGS Geology of Old Rag
Shenandoah Nat'l Park Bookstore
National Park Map of Old Rag Mountain (pdf)
Henry Heatwole's famous and indepth book of the Shenandoah Nat'l Park's hikes Guide to the Shanandoah National Park and Skyline Drive
www.WalkingWithFreedom.com The Lion King's hiking trips
www.swimmingholes.org/va.html Swimming holes to hike to
Kevin Callan, author of several camping books
www.TrailJournals.com Trail Journals website
www.AspenBarn.com Aspen Barn walking sticks
www.REI.com
www.Campmor.com
www.BackpackingDeals.com
Dandylion's AT site
Hiking-gear-and-equipment-used-for-camping.com
Blogger of Old Rag Patrols by RSL Very interesting weekly updates by Bob Look, who patrols for SNP, PATC, and Old Rag Mountain Stewards
PATC (Potomac Appalachian Trail Club) trail maintenance and volunteer info Next time you see a work crew out on the trails, tell them "Thanks!".
Official site for the PATC (Potomac Appalachian Trail Club) trail maintenance and volunteer info PATC.net
(www.odatc.net) Old Dominion Appalachian Trail Club The Old Dominion Appalachian Trail Club (ODATC) is a trail maintenance club and a member of the Appalachian Trail Conservancy (ATC). They maintain the A.T. Between Reed's Gap and Rockfish Gap, 19 miles.
Appalachian Trail Conservancy
Natural Bridge Appalachian Trail Club (www.nbatc.org)Maintaining 90 miles in Va. of the A.T. in Bedford, Nelson, Botetourt, Rockbridge, and Amherst Counties (Tye River to Black Horse Gap)
The Tidewater ATC, based in Norfolk, Va, maintains many sections off the Blue Ridge Parkway and A.T., include St. Mary's Wilderness Area www.tidewaterATC.com
Piedmont Appalachian Trail Club - PATH. www.path-at.org Piedmont Appalachian Trail Hikers, Inc. PATH, now has responsibility for 70 miles of the storied AT. PATH's maintenance starts from Va. St. Rt. 670 at the South Fork of the Holston River north to U.S. 52 near Bland.
Mt. Rogers Appalachian Trail Club Their responsibility includes 56 miles of the A.T. which includes the Friendliest Town on the A.T.-Damasacus, VA 56 miles of the APPALACHIAN TRAIL in the Jefferson National Forest, Mount Rogers National Recreation Area, Grayson Highlands State Park and additional trails in the area.
The Trail Place www.trailplace.com
Gorp.com
Backpacker.com the backpacker magazine
www.peaktopeak.net
Old Rag Mountain Stewards Blog
WhiteBlaze.net a site for Appalachian Trail enthusiasts
www.AppalachianPages.com Books that'l get you started for the AT thru hike.
www.Earl Shaffer.com The first to thru-hike the AT (1948) ,the first to thru-hike in both directions (1965), the oldest to thru-hike the AT (1998) at 80 yrs old.
www.ATmuseum.org AT Museum
Journals of those currently hiking the trail Trail Journals
www.TrailHeadFinder.com
This Youtube video is hilarious. These guys know how to have fun camping.
