Sheltowee Trace National Receation Trail

The Sheltowee Trace is 260-mile back country trail through Daniel Boone National Forest, Big South Fork NRRA, and Natural Bridge, Cumberland Falls, & Pickett State Parks in Kentucky and Tennessee.

Post photos & GPS data depicting each mile of the Sheltowee Trace and connecting trails. An interactive map gives mile markers and topo downloads.

The goal of this site is to map the Sheltowee Trace and the Daniel Boone NF with your help. A guide will be published.

Sheltowee Trace Map

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Trail Clearing Day: October 18, 2008

I.B.Me is organizing a trail clearing day on Saturday, Oct 18 at the Northern Terminus. The plan is to clear this section of the Sheltowee Trace south to I-64. The rain date is the folling Saturday, Oct. 25. More info and RSVP.
 


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Highway 80 and South --

May 31: Sheltowee Trace Northern Terminus With the help of volunteers from this board, the Sheltowee Trace northern terminus is open and it is a fabulous stretch of trail. Thanks to all that helped clear the trail.

McKee, County Seat of Jackson County McKee is a sleepy hamlet located on US 421 between Turkey Foot and S-Tree Recreation Areas in the Daniel Boone National Forest.

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Recent Discussion

from the Mapping the Sheltowee
A Guide for the Trails in the BSF and DBNF

Advocacy Author: Traildust
Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2008 5:18 pm (GMT -5)

Is there a list of sections that are closed along the trace? I have read through some older post on the general discussion forum where folks are talking about closed sections. I would like to advocate for reopening sections and explaning the trail but I would like to know what the status of the trail is? How much is closed? How many miles are on roads? How many miles go through private property? Does anyone have any of this information? thanks

traildust



Clarity Author: Traildust
Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2008 8:46 am (GMT -5)

Might be helpful if someone could be a little clearer about the location of "The Northern Terminus". I live in Lewis County kentucky and would love to promote and encourage the residents of lewis county to get out on the trail. I think sometimes, my experience thru hiking the AT, that we sometimes forget that new folks need simple info.

Is it possible that those who love backpacking and hking and biking this trail could come together in the way the AT Conservancy has come together to form a public private relationship in support of this trail?

Just a thought.



GPS Handheld Author: BlakeLeathers
Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2008 10:26 am (GMT -5)

Does anyone have any recommendations of what gps system I should be looking into buying?


Little Advice Author: BlakeLeathers
Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2008 8:17 am (GMT -5)

Hey, a few of my buddies and I have been planning out this trip for quite some time. We were wanting to do the whole trip in about 15 days. Dec. 27-Jan-10. Of course we know its going to be quite cold, but would you all still recommend this? We would do it sometime during the rest of the year, but none of us can really get off from school or work. Any advice is welcome


Next clean up??? Author: jbd
Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2008 3:03 pm (GMT -5)

I spent hours reading through these forums recently and was wondering when the next trail cleaning event will be? As I recall, I.B.Me indicated sometime this fall. Any plans being made? I have some tools for clearing brush etc. Sept 27th I'm not available but most other weekends I am.


Sheltowee listed as one of the top places to see fallfoliage Author: dowab
Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 4:56 pm (GMT -5)

Sheltowee trace listed as one of the top places to see fall foliage by America's Best:
http://www.americasbestonline.net/index.php/pages/fallfoliage.html



just looking for more info on this type of tree Author: halliwood
Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 12:35 am (GMT -5)

first I'll start by saying I know nothing about kentucky's flora, or botany or anything. But I would like to learn some. First step would be the type of tree this is, and I know people here know it since they are everywhere in the gorge, but heres a pic I took a couple years ago. Thanks in advance


pano I took of Cumberland Falls Author: halliwood
Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 12:02 am (GMT -5)

let me know what you all think, just a panoramic picture I took of Cumberland falls, it was 5 pictures that I merged into one.


visiting hiker needs help Author: wally
Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 1:11 pm (GMT -5)

two of us plan to hike about 25 miles of the trail in mid september during the week. we are experienced backpackers and would like some suggestions on the more scenic part of the trail to hike. we can set our own shuttle so info on where to leave cars would be appreciated.
thank you, wally



biking from Nothern Terminus to Morehead Author: halliwood
Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2008 11:10 pm (GMT -5)

was wondering if it was a good idea to try to bike from northern Terminus to Morehead, I have bike some of ST around cave run, but haven't been east of there. I saw the before and after pictures of the clearing that some have done on the northern terminus and it looks like an awesome place to ride (great job guys on the hard work). So I was just wondering if it was allowed on this section of the trail, and if so is it practical?


 


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