NCBartramTrail.org

Source: Asheville Citizen-Times

When Tim Warren hikes the 80-mile-long Bartram Trail, hidden in Nantahala National Forest of Macon and Swain counties, he sees a sweeping resource, rich in history, biological diversity and scenic splendor. He sees a mighty trail, worthy of seven maps. But who wants to carry seven hiking maps?

For the past two decades, though, anyone hiking the entire trail had to have one map for each of the seven sections of the trail that starts on the North Carolina-Georgia border south of Highlands, snaking through woods, over peaks and across streams, ending at Cheoah Bald.

But now, the N.C. Bartram Trail Society has created one giant map. The Interpretive Hiking Map of North Carolina’s Bartram Trail is a full-color, 28-by-36-inch, two-sided map available for sale after July 1.

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To coincide with William Bartram’s birthday, we have launched our new website on April, 20th. The site has been completely re-developed and filled with important trail related content and news. You’ll notice straight away many new features on the site including:

• An Online Store where you can purchase newly added merchandise and set up an account to pay your annual membership fees
• A News & Events page to which you can subscribe
• An Events Calendar with every NCBTS related activity
• A new “Kids’ Corner” page with articles for/about children and families
• Expanded information about our trail sections
• A new Contact Form to help report trail conditions or simply to correspond with board members
• A Trail Advisories page that will display up-to-date information about any poor trail conditions reported after severe weather events

The great news is, this is only the beginning! As time allows, our volunteer website team will put together other features to enhance your site “surfing” experience. To do this, though, we need your help! If you know of a feature you would like added to our site, or if you would like to make a suggestion for new content, please use our new contact form found here and drop us a line! Our website team will review all suggestions sent through the contact form.

-NCBTS Website Team

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