• Need Help - Parking in / near Arvel

We are planning to do a section between Arvel and Sparks Ridge Rd. Parts of Sections 19 & 20.

-Are there any places to park in Arvel or anyone to contact about said parking? Mile marker 120.

-Also, another group may be looking to intersect us on the first night and thought about parking at or near Mt. Bethel Church.

-Finally ending at Lime Kiln/Hwy-89 and parking at the power line right of way there. Thoughts? Mile Marker 132.5

Thanks in advance.

• spam on site

someone needs to delete all of these spam post and block the guy posting them.
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• Change on SheltoweeTrace.com

Big changes are happening!

In an effort to keep the ST accessible via mobile, we made a new map.

The site landing page is a google-style map that you can use to locate your position in the field, if you have a smart phone and a data connection. You can't search it like google map, but it does show the current alignment of the ST.

Is the map useful? Is this forum hard to find or use?

Considering the multiple ways people connect to information these days, this forum is becoming less used and maintained. The trail on the ground however is exploding with use.

While this forum will always exist (especially as an archive), the web site will continue to evolve.

Any feedback or ideas would be helpful.
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• 2015 Trail Check Updates

Be advised the access road off highway 89 in Jackson County into S-Tree is closed. It looks like it will be closed for a long time. There was a major erosion of the road with all the rain in April, about 1 mile in, resulting in about 300 feet of the road disappearing over the hill. To access the Trace in S-Tree and to camp there you will need to go in through Sand Gap Ky. Off Rt 421 turn onto Sand Gap Road where you will see a Forest Service sign for S-Tree Campground. It is 10 miles on asphalt and then gravel to the campground. The Trace crosses this road 1/4 mile from the campground.
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• Trail Check Spring Edition

Volunteers are needed to help the Sheltowee Trace Association check the Trace for blowdowns, blockages, erosion spots from the spring rains and signage / blazes.

The Trace is broken down into 48 sections varying in length. Volunteers are asked to sign up for two sections - preferred and secondary. We will confirm your section within 24 hours, and then you have until the end of May to hike, bike, horse back ride your section and complete the assessment form. Once you're done, you send the form to us via email as a pdf attachment or send in the mail. Take photos of major issues please.

For more information - to register, click this link. The assessment form is posted to our webpage at the Trail Check link below.

To register: https://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/eventReg?oeidk=a07eavywiie219247d5&oseq=&c=&ch=

More Info: http://www.sheltoweetrace.org/2015-trail-check.html

Thanks for your help. Your assessments will be reviewed and a trail maintenance plan created for trail crews to go out in June - July

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• The ST: Where IS it, really?

How about an update on the trail information? Isn't the "new" Southern Terminus at Burnt Mill Bridge and NOT Leatherwood Ford? Information like this should be easier to find on the site and the old stuff really needs to come down. Maps need to be current and NOT 3 years old.

One more thing: Making the ST longer isn't necessarily better. If the ST is currently the 319 miles that it's alleged to be, then let's make that 319 miles more "hiker friendly" before extending it further out of Kentucky. Personally? I see no advantage to extending "Kentucky's Long Trail" any further into Tennessee. I DO see working harder at the "Trail Town" concept as worthwhile.
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• Section hiking from 75 to Mckee

I have next week off work and was considering hiking from exit 49 on I75 up to Mckee. I've never seen Horse Lick Creek and the rain and high water lately has me concerned. What is it like fording or do I even need to ford? Is there an alternate route during high water?

• Krentucky Trail

Hi Everyone, I need some info on the Kentucky Trail at the intersection of the JMT ( Burke Knob area ) of Big South Fork. I cant seem to find much on it. I'm planning on a trip 1st day of March 2015, leaving Leatherwood via JMT. If anyone knows this trail, your help would be appreciated.

• Request for help

The STA office has received this request for help.

"I need some help. I backpacked in sheltowee back in college. I am coming back with my son from Lincoln Nebraska. I am looking for a specific canyon we stayed in one night. This canyon had a large altar set up against the canyon wall. I did not get pictures of this artifact and it has always haunted me. The stone table was overgrown with old vines when I discover it. I do not know if it is a commonly visited artifact.
We entered the trace around Slade I believe. There were signs for the Natural Bridge. I am looking for information or resources to narrow my search for this canyon. Any help you could give me would be greatly appreciated. Other things I remember about the canyon were that it had two waterfalls trickling from above on either side and a large cube cut out of the rock near by where we set up our tents.
Thank you."
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• Trail Town to Trail Town Ride

The STA in conjunction with ST Trail Towns Livingston and McKee are planning a couple bike rides from Livingston to McKee on May 30th. More details are forth coming but save the date.
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• 2015 Hiker Challenge

Registration is open for the 2015 Hiker Registration. Two teams are hiking a section a month on the Trace. In January teams hiked from the Northern Terminus to Morehead / Amburgy Rock about 25 to 30 miles.

In Feb - Teams will hike from Amburgy and Morehead and end at either Highway 460 or 1274 depending on the team.

Here is the registration link for section two. You can make up section one over the course of the year.

If you have questions, please let me know.

http://events.constantcontact.com/register/event?llr=tst6vpeab&oeidk=a07eah37l0c56437bd2

To become a member and save on hiker challenge registration fees, click this link.

http://events.constantcontact.com/register/event?llr=tst6vpeab&oeidk=a07eaerteqade4765a6

traildust
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• Get out and play more!

Would you help get the word out on a new webpage. Like and share it for us. https://www.facebook.com/Kentuckyexpeditions

• Current ST alignment and markers as GPX and KML

outrageGIS mapping has released a new GPX and KML data pack for your GPS. It is the current alignment of the ST with mile markers beginning from the northern terminus.

Got to the website:http://www.outragegis.com/trails/product/sheltowee-trace-gps-trail-and-mile-markers/
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• Shuttle from North Terminus to 32 or vice versa

I am in the process of section hiking the ST this year, and am looking at the section between the Northern Terminus to 32 for February. I began with the section from Whittleton Campground to Corner Ridge this past weekend, and am planning on chipping away North-South for the remainder of the trail. I was hoping for some information on shuttle service options for this section. Right now the third weekend is looking like my best option next month. Any info would be greatly appreciated, thanks.

Curtis