SATC 2009 Hike for Habitat in the Tuscarora State Forest

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The following instructions may be modified depending on trail conditions. The trail will be well marked for our hike so please use the directions below as reference only. There is no substitute for  paying close attention to the trail markings.
 
There is additional information about the hike below the instructions. Please scroll down to the bottom of the page to access this additional information.

2009 Hike for Habitat Route

1st half                                                                        cumulative mileage

START – Fowlers Hollow Picnic Pavilion side of bridge to Alfarata Trail

Alfarata Trail

Perry Lumber Trail

Cross Hemlock Rd

Pipeline

L onto Rising Mountain Trail                                                  1 mile

R onto Shearer Dug Trail                                                       2 miles

R onto Bowman Hollow Trail

St onto Bowman Trail

L onto Robinson Trail

R onto Shearer Dug Trail

CP 1 L into Shearer Dug parking area                              6.1 miles

Into Woods behind CP1

R onto Hickory Ridge Haul Road                                        7.1 miles

R onto Patterson Run Trail                                                   8.8 miles

L onto Hemlock Rd                                                               9.5 miles

CP2 R onto Gutshall Trail                                                     9.8 miles

L onto Perry Lumber Company Rd                                   10.3 miles

R onto Fowlers Hollow Trail                                               11.5 miles

CP 3 Ar Fowlers Hollow Picnic Pavilion                          13.0 miles

2nd half

Lv Fowlers Hollow Picnic Pavilion

St onto Beaston Trail

R onto Couch Road

L onto Sheaffer Trail Haul Road (pass thru Showaker Parking Area)

R onto Laurel Run Road

Cross bridge on Laurel Run Road

L onto unnamed trail

L onto Turkey Pens Haul Road

CP 4 R onto Wolf Road                                                        18 miles

R onto pipeline

R onto Keen Trail

R onto Cold Spring Trail

L onto Laurel Run Road

R onto unnamed trail / abandoned road to Wildcat Road

R onto Wildcat Trail

R onto Second Narrows Road

L onto road spur to Amberson Trail

CP 5 R onto Amberson Trail                                            23.5 miles

L onto Couch Road

R onto Shermans Tr

R onto Bistline Ford Trail

L onto Couch Rd

L onto Beaston Trail

FINISH – Fowlers Hollow Picnic Pavilion                         27 miles

Check Points:
 
There are five (5) Check Points along the course. All hikers are required to check in with the personel at all of the check points. Please also ensure that the Ham Radio operator at the check point knows what your hiker number is.  The Ham operators are running a net and are keeping track of where all the hikers are in real time. By doing this, we can determine if we have any lost hikers and can start looking for them ASAP.

Stand by for Adventure!