Five-Star Trails

OVERVIEW MAP

OVERVIEW-MAP KEY

DEDICATION

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

PREFACE

HIKING RECOMMENDATIONS

INTRODUCTION

City Center

• Civil Rights Heritage Trail: Birmingham's Walk to Freedom
• Oak Hill Cemetery
• Railroad Park
• Vulcan Trail-Southside Loop

Suburbs

• Aldridge Gardens
• Irondale Furnace & Mountain Brook Trails
• Shades Creek Greenway & Homewood Forest Preserve
• Vestavia Hills Library in the Forest

Moss Rock Preserve

• Moss Rock Preserve: Boulder Field
• Moss Rock Preserve: Boulder Gorge Loop
• Moss Rock Preserve: Waterfall Loop from Sulphur Springs Road

Oak Mountain State Park

• Oak Mountain State Park: King's Chair Loop
• Oak Mountain State Park: Lake Tranquility Loop
• Oak Mountain State Park: Peavine Falls
• Oak Mountain State Park: Shackleford High Points Hike

Red Mountain Park

• Red Mountain Park: Birmingham Mineral Railroad Loop
• Red Mountain Park: Grace's Gap
• Red Mountain Park: Mine History Hike

Ruffner Mountain Nature Preserve

• Ruffner Mountain Nature Preserve: Ridge & Valley Loop
• Ruffner Mountain Nature Preserve: Tree House to Hawk's View
• Ruffner Mountain Nature Preserve: Wetlands Retreat

The Cahaba River & Points South

• Cahaba River National Wildlife Refuge
• Perry Lakes Park & Barton's Beach
• Tannehill Ironworks Historical State Park

Cheaha & Points East

• Cheaha-Cave Creek-Pinhoti Trail Loop
• Cheaha State Park: Bald Rock & Pulpit Rock
• Chinnabee Silent Trail
• Flagg Mountain: The Southernmost Appalachian
• Pinhoti Trail: Lower Shoal Shelter Section

The Sipsey Wilderness & Points Northwest

• Big Tree Loop
• Hurricane Creek Park
• Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge

Little River Canyon & Points Northeast

• Little River Canyon National Preserve: Eberhart Trail
• Palisades Park & the Bridges of Blount County
• Turkey Creek Falls

APPENDIX A: SUGGESTED READING & REFERENCE

APPENDIX B: OUTDOOR RETAILERS

APPENDIX C: HIKING & OUTDOOR CLUBS

APPENDIX D: ADVOCACY & VOLUNTEER GROUPS

INDEX

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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