I am planning a plant walk in Damascus during Trail Days. Because we'll be looking at the plants, the distance will be short, about 1 - 1/12 miles each way (total of 2-3 miles). I'd like the starting point to be in town so that folks can walk or take town shuttle, and in other words avoid car pooling issues.
Sundog and In the Country have both been suggested to me as good meeting places, however I would really like to get off the false turf of the Creeper Trail as quickly as possible and onto dirt trail as this is where the plants are!
Can anyone tell me how far of a distance it is from each of these points (Sundog and In the Country) it is to dirt trail? Would I be better off starting on the other end of town and going south on the trail to hit wood sooner? I thru-hiked in '08....but honestly the details of the trail here are a bit of blur! Thanks y'all and I hope to see there!