Join in the fun at Vogel State Park for the annual celebration on National Trails Day. Activities will include trail work, family friendly hikes, a sawyer contest & search and rescue demonstration, a covered dish picnic luncheon, and a brief program.
Celebrate National Trails Day 2019
Vogel State Park, Pavilion #2
June 1, 2019
Please select from the three events below that take place between 9 am and noon to participate in. Meet your group in the parking lot beside the lake.
Note: Luncheon attendees - please bring a covered dish to share.
9:00 am - 12:00 pm Trail work on the Bear Hair Gap Trail
Lawson Herron and Dayton Miller - Leaders
9:00 am - 10:30 am Sawyer Contest and Search and Rescue Demostration
Robert Collins - Sawing Contest Leader
Ken Hughey - Search and Rescue Leader
10:30 am - 12:00 pm Family Friendly Hike
George Owen - Leader
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm Covered Dish Luncheon and Program
- Welcome to Vogel
Mikayla Murphy - Vogel State Park Assistant Manager
- Recognition of Groups** - Bill Bryant
- AT Thru-hiker Short Stories - Brent Binion
- Door Prize Drawings?
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm Club Specific Meetings as Needed
- GATC Prospective Member Orientation
1:30 pm - Closing Enjoy the Outdoors!
Thanks to participating hiking clubs and Joe Boone and Dayton Miller for organizing National Trails Day 2019 and to Melanie Spamer for organizing the luncheon. **Special recognition to Andy Baker, USFS District Ranger BRRD; Jay Dement GATC President; Barry Allen, BMTA President; Evelyn Yarns MHH President; and Bill HOdge, SAWS. Thank you to the members of the Georgia Appalachian Trail Club (GATC), the Benton MacKaye Trail Association (BMTA), Mountain High Hikers (MHH), and Georgia Forest Watch (GFW).
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