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Jaybird62
12-14-2010, 19:37
So if the driving time was about the same, where would you go?

Cookerhiker
12-14-2010, 19:41
Answer depends on time of year:

Spring - the South
July - nowhere - wait 'till August
August-Mid September - White Mountains & Maine
Fall - the South or VT-MA

bigcranky
12-14-2010, 19:51
I'll add:

Winter - the South.

Jaybird62
12-14-2010, 20:15
Cool......Probably late may early june

Lillianp
12-14-2010, 20:19
The south. I feel like the trail's better. But the whites have gorgeous views.. Bugs suck at that time though... So, the south.

Jaybird62
12-14-2010, 20:22
I was thinking that also.....Does anyone have any recommendations for canoeing trips around the smokies/damascus/somewhere along the southern part of the Trail's corridor?

Pony
12-14-2010, 20:23
Cool......Probably late may early june

Definitely the South. One word....


Rhodedendrins.

Spelling may be wrong, but you get the point.

berkshirebirder
12-14-2010, 20:35
Suggested spelling: rhodies

Pony
12-14-2010, 20:37
Suggested spelling: rhodies

Yeah, that's it.

bigcranky
12-14-2010, 20:56
You can canoe the Shenandoah River in northern Virginia. Beautiful spot. Further south, you're better off rafting or kayaking the great whitewater rivers. The trail crosses the Nantahala River at a rafting outfitter, where you can spend the night, resupply, and hit the river.

ShaneP
12-14-2010, 21:10
I was thinking that also.....Does anyone have any recommendations for canoeing trips around the smokies/damascus/somewhere along the southern part of the Trail's corridor?

The New River runs a little East of the AT. It starts in North Carolina and flows North into Virginia. It's great for an extended canoeing trip that involves camping along the way. There are dedicated riverside state park campgrounds. It's a good sized river and fairly tame. We take a fifty mile trip there about every other year starting down in NC and ending up near Independence, VA, which is about an hour East of Damascus, though the river goes much closer to the trail near Mouth Of Wilson.


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Tinker
12-14-2010, 22:29
Suggested spelling: rhodies

Rhododendron works, too. ;)

Pony
12-14-2010, 22:31
Rhododendron works, too. ;)

That too. :)

Tinker
12-14-2010, 23:04
Maine (in fall, preferably). I haven't hiked much between the Delaware Water Gap and the Ga/NC border, though I enjoyed a couple of short hikes in the Shennies back in the 1970s.
Maine has fewer people on the trail (except, ironically, in the Hundred Mile "Wilderness") than most of the other northern states I've hiked, and the scenery is wild and green, with plenty of swimming spots and big mountains. Everything you could want in a "wild" eastern US experience.

Cookerhiker
12-14-2010, 23:11
You can canoe the Shenandoah River in northern Virginia. Beautiful spot. Further south, you're better off rafting or kayaking the great whitewater rivers. The trail crosses the Nantahala River at a rafting outfitter, where you can spend the night, resupply, and hit the river.

If you're as far north as Shenandoah and want to canoe the river, I recommend Downriver Canoe Company (http://www.downriver.com/). I used them last summer for a day paddle. Class act - been in business for about 40 years.

Blissful
12-14-2010, 23:19
Summer- Start at VT / MA state line and head north. By the time you get to the Whites you'll have some trail legs under you.

MkBibble
12-18-2010, 19:04
hard to find a nice relaxing canoe trip near the smoky mountains (I've tried); as the others have said, the Shenandoah is great!

bwb49
12-19-2010, 11:29
The New River has several possibilities for up to 3-4 day trips from Jefferson, NC into Virginia. I have done a 3 day trip and it is really nice. See the following web sites

www.zaloos.com (http://www.zaloos.com)
www.newrivertrail.com (http://www.newrivertrail.com)
www.canoeingthenew.com (http://www.canoeingthenew.com)
www.ncparks.gov/Visit/parks/neri/main.php (http://www.ncparks.gov/Visit/parks/neri/main.php)

bwb49
12-19-2010, 11:31
The New River in NC is a very relaxing paddle. There are 3 campgrounds in the state park, about a easy days paddle apart. The last one only accessible by canoe.

CinciJP
12-19-2010, 17:41
I was thinking that also.....Does anyone have any recommendations for canoeing trips around the smokies/damascus/somewhere along the southern part of the Trail's corridor?

Back in 1980 I did a canoe trip on the Toe river in NC. It wasn't too difficult, Class II only, and was nice.

http://www.riverfacts.com/rivers/12424.html

Jim Adams
12-19-2010, 19:07
May or early June...Roan Highlands or Grayson Highlands.

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