| 词条 | Pinhoti National Recreation Trail |
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| name =Pinhoti Trail | embed = | cellstyle = | title = | photo =Pinhoti trail marker.jpg | caption =Pinhoti Trail Marker / Blaze | location =Georgia and Alabama, United States | designation = National Recreation Trail (1977) {{convert|103.6|mi|km}} in the Talladega National Forest [1] | length_mi=335 | trailheads = Flagg Mountain in Alabama / Benton MacKaye Trail in Georgia | use = Hiking & MTB | elev_gain_and_loss = | elev_change = | highest = | lowest = | grade = 8%[1] | difficulty = | season = all | months = all | sights = | hazards = | surface = Soil[1] | ROW = | website = }} The Pinhoti Trail is a Southern Appalachian Mountains long-distance trail, {{convert|335|mi|km|-1}} in length, located in the United States within the states of Alabama and Georgia. The trail's southern terminus is on Flagg Mountain, near Weogufka, Alabama, the southernmost peak in the state that rises over {{convert|1000|ft|m|-1}}. (The mountain is often called the southernmost Appalachian peak, though by most geological reckonings, the actual Appalachian range ends somewhat farther north in Alabama.) The trail's northern terminus is where it joins the Benton MacKaye Trail. The trails highest point is Buddy Cove Gap, with an elevation of 3164 feet near the Cohutta Wilderness. Its lowest point above sea level is close to Weogufka creek near Weogufka State Forest at 545 feet. . The Pinhoti Trail is a part of the Eastern Continental Trail and the Great Eastern Trail, both very long-distance US hiking trails connecting multiple states. Geographic characteristicsThe north terminus is approximately {{convert|70|mi|km|-1}} west of Springer Mountain, the southern terminus of the Appalachian Trail.[1] Georgia has about {{convert|164|mi|km|-1}} of the trail, and Alabama contains the other {{convert|171|mi|km|-1}} of the {{convert|335|mi|km|-1|adj=mid|-long}} trail.[2] HistoryFrom the Georgia Pinhoti Trail Association website: {{quote|The original plan for the Appalachian Trail was laid out in 1925 at the first Appalachian Trail Conference. This plan showed a main trail running from Cohutta Mountain in north Georgia to Mount Washington in New Hampshire. This plan also proposed a spur trail from Mt. Washington to Mount Katahdin in Maine and one from the Georgia Mountains into Northern Alabama. The spur in Maine was completed in 1940, while the spur into Alabama has yet to be blazed. However, the effort to make this Alabama spur trail a reality is underway and is the result of persistent work of many groups, individuals, agencies and organizations.}}Construction of the Alabama Pinhoti Trail began in 1970 within the Talladega National Forest in east central and northeast Alabama. In 1977, the Talledega National Forest portions of the trail were designated a National Recreation Trail.[3] By 1983, {{convert|60|mi|km|-1}} of trail had been constructed and Mike Leonard of the Alabama Wilderness Coalition proposed connecting the Pinhoti to the Appalachian Trail in Georgia. The U.S. Forest Service and Alabama's Forever Wild land trust aided in the acquisition of major wilderness tracts. The Pinhoti Trail currently travels through some of those acquired lands and others in which it is planned to go through.[4] The Pinhoti Trail was initially completed in February 2008, and officially opened to the public on March 16, 2008. Efforts continue to improve the trail, mainly involving moving road walk sections of the trail onto trails away from the road.[5][6] A new southern terminus of the trail at the base of Flagg Mountain, opened in March 2015.[7] Appalachian Trail designationFor many years, Alabama and Georgia hiking groups have been advocating for U.S. Congress to officially designate the Pinhoti Trail as a part of the Appalachian Trail — a move that would make Flagg Mountain the southern terminus of the AT.[8] Trails used in the system
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References1. ^1 {{cite web |url=http://www.pinhotitrailalliance.org |title=The Pinhoti Trail Alliance homepage |accessdate=2 November 2010}} 2. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.pinhotitrailalliance.org |title=The Pinhoti Trail Alliance homepage}} 3. ^1 2 3 Pinhoti. National Recreation Trails. AmericanTrails.org. Last Updated 06/06/2011. Accessed 2011-07-16. 4. ^{{Cite web | title=Pinhoti Trail History | url=http://www.pinhotitrailalliance.org/history.html | accessdate=July 3, 2011 | deadurl=yes | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111009134304/http://www.pinhotitrailalliance.org/history.html | archivedate=October 9, 2011 | df= }} 5. ^{{cite web|url=http://onlineathens.com/local-news/2013-01-21/volunteers-blaze-new-section-pinhoti-trail|title=Volunteers blaze new section of Pinhoti Trail|work=Online Athens|accessdate=2 August 2015}} 6. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.northwestgeorgianews.com/rome/news/local/land-buy-to-move-pinhoti-trail-leg-off-road/article_5a2044c8-78fc-11e3-b242-001a4bcf6878.html|title=Land buy to move Pinhoti Trail leg off-road|work=Northwest Georgia News|accessdate=2 August 2015}} 7. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.outdooralabama.com/new-trailhead-southern-end-pinhoti-ribbon-cutting-march-22|title=New Trailhead for the Southern End of the Pinhoti - Ribbon Cutting on March 22|work=Outdoor Alabama}} 8. ^Appalachian Trail expansion gets closer to linking with Alabama. Birmingham News. al.com. Published February 13, 2010. Accessed July 16, 2011. 9. ^1 M. Lee Van Horn. The Georgia Pinhoti. Alabama Hiking Trail Society. Last Updated April 2003. Accessed 2011-07-21. 10. ^TrailsNet webpage about "Chief Ladiga Trail". Picture caption. Image date: 2008-01-28. "While riding the Chief Ladiga Trail in Alabama, you will come to junction for the Pinhoti Trail, an Alabama hiking trail. The turnoff is located between two river/bridge crossings very near mile marker 7.0." Accessed 2011-09-03. 11. ^{{Cite web |title=Indian Mountain Complex |url=http://www.outdooralabama.com/public-lands/stateLands/foreverWild/FWTracts/IndianMtnComplex/ |accessdate=2011-08-15}} External links
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