Southeast USA Section Hike Planning Tool 10/24/25

 

      Over the last few years, I have done a lot of great day hikes, road trips, weekend cabins, and section hikes in the southeast. Heck, I even got married in the mountains of NC as a result of my love for the Blue Ridge Parkway (thank you, wifey<3). I have accumulated a lot of hiking knowledge and spent a lot of time on Google Earth and other GIS systems in the process. 

    One boring day, I decided I'd record some of my mapping shenanigans to help me plan trips. What spawned is more of an idea generator than a comprehensive list. This is meant to get the ideas flowing, while other, more documented hiking maps carry the rest of the way. I will detail more of my section hike planning tips in future posts, but I wanted to get this out there to be able to refine and add to it as a tool for the general public. Most of these places I have been multiple times, but there are a few on here that I have never been to but desire to cross off the bucket list.


    I've divided the categories into 5 main states (4 categories):

- SC

- GA

- NC / TN         (A lot of these hikes are in NC or on the border of the two states)

- VA

    Among these states are national forest/state park/national park areas, mountains, and places of interest (ex., the Nantahalla Outdoor Center in the Nantahalla National Forest). 

This map is super helpful for me to plan trips in the southeast, and the link to the Google Earth project can be found HERE 


Happy trails!

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