Welcome to the
Pinhoti Phenomenon

Welcome to the rough drafts of my newly developing website, telling the stories of the Pinhoti Trail. Please email me with comments, and especially with the stories I don't have here yet.
Dan Bedore
danshike@yahoo.com

An Introduction to the Pinhoti Phenomenon Website, pinhoti.net

A S-N Hiker's Guide to History Along the Pinhoti

USGS Topographic Maps of the Pinhoti Trail

Glossary of Pinhoti Words and Place Names

A Summary of the History of the Pinhoti Trail

Road Walk Controversy

Pinhoti Long Distance Hikers List
If you want to be on the Long Distance Hikers List and:
 •You have maintained > 100 miles, including repeating sections, or
 •You hiked all of the Pinhoti before it was 100 miles, or
 •You have hiked > 100 miles, including repeating sections, or
 •You have hiked all of Alabama, or all of Georgia, or both, or
 •You have hiked the Pinhoti as part of the GET or ECT, etc.
Send me an email with the year and the endpoints, and I'll add you. danshike@yahoo.com
Listing any other long trails you've done would be great.

Pinhoti People

If you have been hiking or maintaining the Pinhoti for a long time, and you have a strong opinion for what the Pinhoti needs to become, the Pinhoti People section is for you. Please email me with how long you've been associated with the Pinhoti, how you use it, and your vision for it.
danshike@yahoo.com

Builders & Fixers 
Dan Bedore2x Thru
John Calhoun3x Thru
Long Distance Hikers
Pat Paton, 2x ECT Thru
More Hikers
Angee, Day Hiker
Katy, Vince, Jamie & Nikki
Willy & Dennis, Hunters

Log Books of the Pinhoti

Comments on Many Pinhoti Log Books, 2019

2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
  Flagg Northwest Trailhead 12 Nov 2006 - 22 Nov 2018
Old Pinhoti Flagg Terminus at Picnic Shelter 20 March 2016 → Picnic Terminus 2016→
Weogufka Creek Shelter 31 January 2020 → 20→
Terrapin South Mailbox 18 November 2016 → Terrapin South 2016 →
Camp Edwin Mailbox 18 November 2016 → Camp Edwin 2016 →
  BMS 07-10 Blue Mountain Shelter 20 January 2007 - 7 November 2010
  BMS 09-10 Blue Mountain Shelter 4 April 2009 - 23 October 2010
Blue Mountain S 31 Dec 2013 - 24 July 2016 BMS 2013 - 2016
Blue Mountain Shelter 30 July 2016 - 12 May 2018 BMS 2016 - 2018
Blue Mountain Shelter 12 May 2018 - 22 October 2019 BMS 18-19
Blue Mountain Shelter 10 October 2019 → BMS 19→
Lower Shoal Shelter 24 March 2014 - 4 August 2016 LSS 2014-16
Lower Shoal Shelter 5 August 2016 - 28 November 2017 LSS 16-17
Lower Shoal Shelter 30 November 2017 → Lower Shoal 2017 →
  Laurel 06-07 Laurel Shelter 29 April 2006 - 4 November 2007
26 March 10 - 17 June 14 Laurel 2010 - 2014
Laurel 17 June 2014 - 31 August 2019 Laurel 2014 - 2019
Laurel Log Book 24 September 2019 → Laurel 19→
23 Mar 10 - 22 Jan 12 Choccolocco 10-12
28 January 2012 - 19 May 2014 Choccolocco 12-14
22 June 2014 - 8 April 2017 Choccolocco 2014 - 2017
6 Mar 10 - 29 Jun 14 Dugger 2010 - 2014
North Dugger Shelter 29 Oct 2014 - 3 Nov 2017 Dugger 2014 - 2017
North Dugger Shelter 12 November 2017 - 20 October 2019 Dugger 2017-19
North Dugger Shelter 20 October 2019 → Dugger 19→
Oakey Mountain Shelter 14 Nov 2013 - 17 Nov 2017 Oakey 2013 - 2017
Oakey Mountain Shelter 10 Dec 2018 - 23 October 2019 Oak 18-19
Oakey Mountain Shelter 23 October 2019 → Oakey 19→
Davis Mountain Shelter 31 July 2004 - 15 October 2015
  Davis Mountain Shelter 12 June 2005 - 13 March 2016
Davis Mountain Shelter 14 February 2016 - 1 April 2020 Davis 16-20
All that was left of the Hawkins Hollow Shelter Log was a scribbled cover. Hawkins
Spring Creek Shelter Log Book 2016 → Spring Creek Shelter 2016→
  Long Dist 2006 - 2010
  Long Dist 2011 - 2015
Long Distance Hikers Long Dist 2016 - 2020
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020

Pinhoti Mile by Mile

M S  Section or Site
0 - Northwest Trailhead at Flagg Mountain
0 1 Flagg Mountain to Weogufka
0 1 Picnic Pavilion Terminus
10 1 Terrapin Hills Section
28 3 Trammel Trailhead to Bull's Gap
40 4 Bull's Gap to Porter's Gap
50 4 Horn Mountain Tower, Shelter
58 5 Porter's Gap to Adam's Gap
73 6 Pinhoti Cheaha Wilderness
85 7 Cheaha Leafgate Trailhead to CR25
85 7 Cheaha State Park
86 7 Blue Mountain Shelter
97 7 County 24 to Freeway I20
107 8 I20 to FR500 South / Railroad Trailhead
112 - Spur Trail to Heflin
112 9 FR500 South / Railroad to Pine Glen
M S  Section or Site
120 9 Lower Shoal Shelter
125 10 Pine Glen to Pinky Burns
130 10 Laurel Shelter
132 10 Shoal Creek Church
142 11 Dugger Mountain Wilderness
151 12 North Dugger Shelter
157 12 Oakey Mountain Shelter
159 12 Chief Ladiga Trail
159 12 Co94 to Lanie Hollow
167 12 High Point Bypass
169 13 Davis Mountain Shelter
172 13 Hurricane Creek Bridge
172 13 Hawkins Hollow Shelter
Alabama / Georgia Border
178 14 Spring Creek Shelter
Benton MacKaye Trail / North Terminus