Date Chapter Hike Leader or Contact
    Updated Jul 01, 2009 Please pre-register. Schedules are subject to change!
    ** July 2009 **  
Every Wed Plateau Leaderless Hikes. Meeting time and location as well as destination vary. Bill Harris
931-484-9152
or see chapter blog.
7/4
Sat
Highland Rim Elk River float trip. Shiloh to Dickey Bridge. Barbie Taylor
teachdc@charter.net 
7/4
Sat
Murfreesboro Canoe/Kayak on the Elk River with Highland Rim chapter. Tony Jones
615-397-9588
awj68@comcast.net
7/4
Sat
Soddy Daisy Cumberland Trail - Piney River - 8 mile moderate rated hike from Duskin Creek to Piney River Trailhead Don Deakins
423-842-3140
don.deakins@gmail.com 
7/6
Mon
Cove Lake 6:00pm ET. 1st Mon Monthly Program Meeting. (Cove Lake SP. Shelter #1 or #2.) Richard Helm
423-562-1110
Richard.Helm@ahss.org  
7/6
Mon
Soddy Daisy Quarterly meeting - 6:00pm in Soddy-Daisy Municipal Building. Don Deakins
423-842-3140
don.deakins@gmail.com 
7/7
Tue
Columbia/Franklin 6:30pm CT. 1st Tue Monthly Program Meeting. (Grand Buffet, north of Spring Hill.) Bob Godwin will present a program on his western hiking experiences. Bobby Hardeman
615-430-0638
puttr22@aol.com
7/7
Tue
Highland Rim 7:00pm CT. 1st Tue Monthly Program Meeting. (D.W. Wilson Community Center, 501 N. Collins Street, Tullahoma.) The program this month features Marcia Medford and Bill Kammerer's trip to South America. Tom Bentley
931-455-5859
htbentley@lighttube.net 
7/7
Tue
Sumner Trails 7:00pm CT. 1st Tue Monthly Program Meeting. (First Presbyterian Church, 172 West Main Street, Hendersonville.) Our speaker will be Libby Francis, just back from her safari in South Africa, Botswana, Namibia and Zimbabwe. Libby Francis
615-889-5718
libbyslibbys@comcast.net
Al Ballenger
Ballallenger@aol.com  
7/9
Thu
Plateau 6:30pm CT. 2nd Thu Monthly Program Meeting.
No Meeting this month.
Jan Barber
931-839-6663
taxxing@aol.com
Myra Holloway
931-788-1724
followthesun12@live.com
7/10
Fri
Nashville Warner Park. Beat the Heat Sunrise Hike on the Mossy Ridge Trail. Nashville. Diane Manas
615-352-7777 
7/11
Sat
Clarksville 5pm CT. Annual pot-luck picnic. Dunbar Cave SP. Clarksville. Easy 2-mile hike, then eat, then 2 more easy miles. Paul Schwab
931-645-9068 
7/11
Sat
Columbia/Franklin Bicentennial Greenway Trail. Ashland City. Bobby Hardeman
615-430-0638
puttr22@aol.com
7/11
Sat
East Tennessee Great Smoky Mountains NP. Porter Creek Trail. Gatlinburg. Rosemary Marshall
865-548-6171
rosemary_L@hotmail.com 
7/11
Sat
Highland Rim Cumberland Trail SP. Signal Mountain to Mushroom Rock. Jim and Marietta Poteet
931-924-7666
Sign Up
7/11
Sat
Murfreesboro Signal Mtn/Edward’s Point/Mushroom Rock. Jim and Marietta Poteet
931-924-7666
nannietta@blomand.net  
7/11
Sat
Nashville Mammoth Cave NP. Explore historic above-ground trails. Cave City, KY. Joint hike with Sumner Trails. Not a Caving Trip. Anne Wesley
ttahiker@msn.com
615-851-1052
(before July 10.)  
7/11
Sat
Nashville Warner Park. Beat the Heat Sunrise Hike on the Mossy Ridge Trail. Nashville. Diane Manas
615-352-7777  
7/11
Sat
Plateau Lost Creek Cave. Sparta. Bill Harris
931-484-9152 
7/11
Sat
Soddy Daisy Cumberland Trail - Prentice Cooper - 4 mile moderate rated hike from main trailhead in Prentice Cooper Wildlife Management Area to parking area on Tower Road near Snooper's Rock Overlook. Don Deakins
423-842-3140
don.deakins@gmail.com 
7/11
Sat
Sumner Trails Mammoth Cave NP. Explore historic above-ground trails. Cave City, KY. Joint hike with Nashville. Not a Caving Trip. Anne Wesley
ttahiker@msn.com
615-851-1052
(before July 10.) 
7/11
Sat
TN SNA Laurel-Snow SNA. Laurel Falls Hike and playing in the creek. Dayton. Lisa Huff
Tenn Div of Natural Areas
865-594-5601
Lisa.Huff@state.tn.us   
7/11
Sat
Upper Cumberland Lost Creek Cave. Sparta. Joint outing with Plateau Chapter. Mary Jane Ware
931-261-4222
mjhike@bellsouth.net 
7/14
Tue
Murfreesboro 7:00pm CT. 2nd Tue Monthly Program Meeting. (Barfield-Crescent Wilderness Station, 697 Barfield-Cresent Rd.) Millette Jones
615-397-9588
millette.jones@comcast.net
7/17
Fri
Nashville Warner Park. Beat the Heat Sunrise Hike on the Mossy Ridge Trail. Nashville. Diane Manas
615-352-7777  
7/18
Sat
Big South Fork Hike Around Rugby. Eric Wilson
ericavi@nxs.net
(Rugby directions and Information.) 
7/18
Sat
Clarksville Rotary Park. Clarksville. Ron Churchill
931-647-9864 
7/18
Sat
East Tennessee Morning hike and afternoon bar-b-que. Leslie's lake house. Call for directions. Leslie El-Sayad
editor@tennesseetrails.org 
7/18
Sat
Highland Rim Elk River float trip. Tims Ford Dam to Farris Bridge. Tom Bentley
931-455-5849
htbentley@lighttube.net 
7/18
Sat
Jackson Buffalo River Canoe Trip. Linden. Glen Rognstad
731-217-5966
Glenrognstad@gmail.com 
7/18
Sat
Murfreesboro Canoe/kayak with the Highland Rim chapter. Tony Jones
615-397-9588
awj68@comcast.net  
7/18
Sat
Plateau Colditz Cove SNA and the Gentlemen’s Swimming Hole. Allardt and Rugby. Myra Holloway
931-788-1724
followthesun12@live.com 
7/18
Sat
Soddy Daisy Cumberland Trail - Black Mountain - 5 mile easy to moderate hike from top of Black Mountain to Cox Valley Road Trailhead with a stop at Windless Cave. Don Deakins
423-842-3140
don.deakins@gmail.com 
7/21
Tue
Clarksville 7:00pm CT. 3rd Tue Monthly Program Meeting. (Crow Community Center, 211 Richview Rd.) Paul Schwab
931-645-9068
paulschwab@bellsouth.net
7/25
Sat
Clarksville Fall Creek Falls SP. Pikeville. Suva Bastin
931-645-2849 
7/25
Sat
Cove Lake Van Hook Falls. London, KY. Richard Helm
423-562-1110 
7/25
Sat
Murfreesboro Beginner/newcomer hike on the Murfreesboro Greenway. Martin McCullough. 
7/25
Sat
Nashville Long Hunter State Park. Bryant Grove Trail. Nashville. Garnett Rush
615-352-7217
rushga01@yahoo.com  
7/25
Sat
Soddy Daisy Savage Gulf - Hike easy to moderate rated Day Loop Trail with a side trip to site of old moonshine still, Savage Falls, and Savage Falls campsite for an approximate 5.5 mile total. Don Deakins
423-842-3140
don.deakins@gmail.com 
7/25
Sat
Sumner Trails Old Hickory Lake. Three Hour Cruise on the 26 passenger DISCOVERY. (Information.) Sorry - cruise is full Al Ballenger
615-347-2623
Cap'n Jesse
615-451-400
houseboat01@comcast.net 
7/25
Sat
Upper Cumberland Great Smoky Mountains NP. Appalachian Trail from Clingman's Dome to Siler's Bald. Gatlinburg, TN. Richard Savage
931-526-2035
savage_richard@hotmail.com 
7/28
Tue
Nashville 7:00pm CT. 4th Tue Monthly Program Meeting.
(REI Community Room, 261 Franklin Road, Brentwood.) Program: Sue Biggers and Garnett Rush will describe their Colorado hiking adventures from last summer.
Nora Beck
615-517-6486
nora_beck@comcast.net
    ** August 2009 **  
Every Wed Plateau Leaderless Hikes. Meeting time and location as well as destination vary. Bill Harris
931-484-9152
or see chapter blog.
8/1
Sat
Jackson River Tubing the Current River. Van Buren, MO. Glen Rognstad
731-217-5966
glenrognstad@gmail.com 
8/1
Sat
TTA TTA Quarterly Board Meeting. Location TBA. Rosemary Marshall
865-548-6171
rosemary_L@hotmail.com
president@tennesseetrails.org 
8/3
Mon
Cove Lake 6:00pm ET. 1st Mon Monthly Program Meeting. (Cove Lake SP. Shelter #1.) Richard Helm
423-562-1110
Richard.Helm@ahss.org   
8/4
Tue
Columbia/Franklin 6:30pm CT. 1st Tue Monthly Program Meeting. (Grand Buffet, north of Spring Hill.) Bobby Hardeman
615-430-0638
puttr22@aol.com
8/4
Tue
Highland Rim 7:00pm CT. 1st Tue Monthly Program Meeting. (D.W. Wilson Community Center, 501 N. Collins Street, Tullahoma.) Tom Bentley
931-455-5859
htbentley@lighttube.net
8/4
Tue
Sumner Trails 7:00pm CT. 1st Tue Monthly Program Meeting. (First Presbyterian Church, 172 West Main Street, Hendersonville.) Libby Francis
615-889-5718
libbyslibbys@comcast.net   
8/8
Sat
Highland Rim Franklin State Forest. Trail TBD. Jim and Marietta Poteet
931-924-7666
nannietta@blomand.net  
8/8
Sat
Murfreesboro Franklin State Forest. Trail TBD. with Highland Rim chapter. Jim and Marietta Poteet
931-924-7666
nannietta@blomand.net 
8/11
Tue
Murfreesboro 7:00pm CT. 2nd Tue Monthly Program Meeting. (Barfield-Crescent Wilderness Station, 697 Barfield-Cresent Rd.) Millette Jones
615-397-9588
millette.jones@comcast.net
8/13
Thu
Plateau 6:30pm CT. 2nd Thu Monthly Program Meeting. Jan Barber
931-839-6663
taxxing@aol.com
Myra Holloway
931-788-1724
followthesun12@live.com
8/15
Sat
Highland Rim Duck River float trip. Normandy Dam to Dement Bridge. Tom Bentley
931-455-5849
htbentley@lighttube.net  
8/15
Sat
Murfreesboro Canoe/kayak the Duck River with Highland Rim chapter. Tony Jones
615-397-9588
awj68@comcast.net 
8/18
Tue
Clarksville 7:00pm CT. 3rd Tue Monthly Program Meeting. (Crow Community Center, 211 Richview Rd.) Paul Schwab
931-645-9068
paulschwab@bellsouth.net
8/22
Sat
Murfreesboro Canoe/kayak the Harpeth River with Highland Rim chapter. Tony Jones
615-397-9588
awj68@comcast.net 
8/25
Tue
Nashville 7:00pm CT. 4th Tue Monthly Program Meeting.
(REI Community Room, 261 Franklin Road, Brentwood.)
Nora Beck
615-517-6486
nora_beck@comcast.net
    ** September 2009 **  
Every Wed Plateau Leaderless Hikes. Meeting time and location as well as destination vary. Bill Harris
931-484-9152
or see chapter blog.
9/1
Tue
Columbia/Franklin 6:30pm CT. 1st Tue Monthly Program Meeting. (Grand Buffet, north of Spring Hill.) Bobby Hardeman
615-430-0638
puttr22@aol.com
9/1
Tue
Highland Rim 7:00pm CT. 1st Tue Monthly Program Meeting. (D.W. Wilson Community Center, 501 N. Collins Street, Tullahoma.) Tom Bentley
931-455-5859
htbentley@lighttube.net
9/1
Tue
Sumner Trails 7:00pm CT. 1st Tue Monthly Program Meeting. (First Presbyterian Church, 172 West Main Street, Hendersonville.) Libby Francis
615-889-5718
libbyslibbys@comcast.net    
9/7
Mon
Cove Lake 6:00pm ET. 1st Mon Monthly Program Meeting. (LaFollette Rec Center, 201 S. 9th.) Richard Helm
423-562-1110
Richard.Helm@ahss.org
9/8
Tue
Murfreesboro 7:00pm CT. 2nd Tue Monthly Program Meeting. (Barfield-Crescent Wilderness Station, 697 Barfield-Cresent Rd.) Millette Jones
615-397-9588
millette.jones@comcast.net
9/10
Thu
Plateau 6:30pm CT. 2nd Thu Monthly Program Meeting. Jan Barber
931-839-6663
taxxing@aol.com
Myra Holloway
931-788-1724
followthesun12@live.com
9/12
Sat
Highland Rim Fall Creek Falls SP. Lower Cane Creek. Jim and Marietta Poteet
931-924-7666
nannietta@blomand.net  
9/12
Sat
Memphis Baker’s Pond & Strawberry Plains Audubon Center. Charlie Bright
cbright@yahoo.com 
9/12
Sat
Plateau Chapter picnic. TBA 
9/13-
9/19
CTC Bike Ride Across Tennessee. (B.R.A.T.) Benefits Cumberland Trail Conference. CTC Office
www.cumberlandtrail.org
931-456-6259
9/14
Mon
Jackson 7:00pm CT. 2nd Mon Monthly Program Meeting. (Perkins Restaurant, 999 Vann Dr. Eat at 6.) Candy Higgs
731-695-1960
chiggs_3@yahoo.com
9/15
Tue
Clarksville 7:00pm CT. 3rd Tue Monthly Program Meeting. (Crow Community Center, 211 Richview Rd.) Paul Schwab
931-645-9068
paulschwab@bellsouth.net
9/17
Thu
Memphis 7:00pm CT. 3rd Thu Monthly Program Meeting. (Cordova Library, 8457 Trinity Rd.) Margaret Smith
spikie542003@yahoo.com
901-210-6097
9/19
Sat
Highland Rim Sewanee Eat-Hike-Eat Hike. Tom Bentley
931-455-5849
htbentley@lighttube.net       
9/20
Sun
Memphis V&E Greenline. John Martin
901-386-3722 
9/22
Tue
Nashville 7:00pm CT. 4th Tue Monthly Program Meeting.
(REI Community Room, 261 Franklin Road, Brentwood.)
Nora Beck
615-517-6486
nora_beck@comcast.net
9/26
Sat
Memphis Village Creek SP. Wynne, AR. Kathryn Skinner, 901-527-4308 Kathryn Skinner
901-527-4308 
9/26
Sat
Plateau Chapter Garage Sale. TBA 
9/26
Sat
TTA National Public Lands Day. Events TBA. TBA 
    ** October 2009 **  
Every Wed Plateau Leaderless Hikes. Meeting time and location as well as destination vary. Bill Harris
931-484-9152
or see chapter blog.
10/4
Sun
Sumner Trails 7:00pm CT. 1st Tue Monthly Program Meeting. (First Presbyterian Church, 172 West Main Street, Hendersonville.) Libby Francis
615-889-5718
libbyslibbys@comcast.net     
10/5
Mon
Cove Lake 6:00pm ET. 1st Mon Monthly Program Meeting. (LaFollette Rec Center, 201 S. 9th.) Richard Helm
423-562-1110
Richard.Helm@ahss.org
10/6
Tue
Columbia/Franklin 6:30pm CT. 1st Tue Monthly Program Meeting. (Grand Buffet, north of Spring Hill.) Bobby Hardeman
615-430-0638
puttr22@aol.com
10/6
Tue
Highland Rim 7:00pm CT. 1st Tue Monthly Program Meeting. (D.W. Wilson Community Center, 501 N. Collins Street, Tullahoma.) Tom Bentley
931-455-5859
htbentley@lighttube.net
10/8
Thu
Plateau 6:30pm CT. 2nd Thu Monthly Program Meeting. Jan Barber
931-839-6663
taxxing@aol.com
Myra Holloway
931-788-1724
followthesun12@live.com
10/10
Sat
Highland Rim Cherokee NF. Big Frog Wilderness. Trail TBD. Jim and Marietta Poteet
931-924-7666
nannietta@blomand.net  
10/12
Mon
Jackson 7:00pm CT. 2nd Mon Monthly Program Meeting. (Perkins Restaurant, 999 Vann Dr. Eat at 6.) Candy Higgs
731-695-1960
chiggs_3@yahoo.com
10/13
Tue
Murfreesboro 7:00pm CT. 2nd Tue Monthly Program Meeting. (Barfield-Crescent Wilderness Station, 697 Barfield-Cresent Rd.) Millette Jones
615-397-9588
millette.jones@comcast.net
10/15
Thu
Memphis 7:00pm CT. 3rd Thu Monthly Program Meeting. (Cordova Library, 8457 Trinity Rd.) Margaret Smith
spikie542003@yahoo.com
901-210-6097
10/17
Sat
Highland Rim Sewanee Eat-Hike-Eat Hike. Tom Bentley
931-455-5849
htbentley@lighttube.net        
10/17
Sat
Memphis Meeman-Shelby Forest. Horse Trail near Poplar Lake. Laurie Lee Gschwend
901-876-6142 
10/20
Tue
Clarksville 7:00pm CT. 3rd Tue Monthly Program Meeting. (Crow Community Center, 211 Richview Rd.) Paul Schwab
931-645-9068
paulschwab@bellsouth.net
10/24
Sat
Memphis Nathan Bedford Forest SP. Charlie Bright
cbright@yahoo.com 
10/27
Tue
Nashville 7:00pm CT. 4th Tue Monthly Program Meeting.
(REI Community Room, 261 Franklin Road, Brentwood.)
Nora Beck
615-517-6486
nora_beck@comcast.net
10/31
Sat
Memphis Herb Parsons Lake. Fisherville. Pam Beale
901-385-9620 
    ** November 2009 **  
Every Wed Plateau Leaderless Hikes. Meeting time and location as well as destination vary. Bill Harris
931-484-9152
or see chapter blog.
11/1
Sun
TTA Daylight Saving Time Ends!    
11/2
Mon
Cove Lake 6:00pm ET. 1st Mon Monthly Program Meeting. (LaFollette Rec Center, 201 S. 9th.) Richard Helm
423-562-1110
Richard.Helm@ahss.org
11/3
Tue
Columbia/Franklin 6:30pm CT. 1st Tue Monthly Program Meeting. (Grand Buffet, north of Spring Hill.) Bobby Hardeman
615-430-0638
puttr22@aol.com
11/3
Tue
Highland Rim 7:00pm CT. 1st Tue Monthly Program Meeting. (D.W. Wilson Community Center, 501 N. Collins Street, Tullahoma.) Tom Bentley
931-455-5859
htbentley@lighttube.net
11/3
Tue
Sumner Trails 7:00pm CT. 1st Tue Monthly Program Meeting. (First Presbyterian Church, 172 West Main Street, Hendersonville.) Libby Francis
615-889-5718
libbyslibbys@comcast.net      
11/6-
11/8
TTA TTA Annual Meeting.
Great Smoky Mountains NP.
Valley View Lodge & Convention Center.
Townsend.
Hosted by East Tennessee Chapter. 
11/8
Sun
Memphis Wolf River Trail. Kennedy Park. John Martin
901-386-3722 
11/9
Mon
Jackson 7:00pm CT. 2nd Mon Monthly Program Meeting. (Perkins Restaurant, 999 Vann Dr. Eat at 6.) Candy Higgs
731-695-1960
chiggs_3@yahoo.com
11/10
Tue
Murfreesboro 7:00pm CT. 2nd Tue Monthly Program Meeting. (Barfield-Crescent Wilderness Station, 697 Barfield-Cresent Rd.) Millette Jones
615-397-9588
millette.jones@comcast.net
11/12
Thu
Plateau 6:30pm CT. 2nd Thu Monthly Program Meeting. Jan Barber
931-839-6663
taxxing@aol.com
Myra Holloway
931-788-1724
followthesun12@live.com
11/14
Sat
Highland Rim Sipsey Wilderness. AL. Jim and Marietta Poteet
931-924-7666
nannietta@blomand.net
11/14
Sat
Memphis Meeman-Shelby Forest. TBD. 
11/17
Tue
Clarksville 7:00pm CT. 3rd Tue Monthly Program Meeting. (Crow Community Center, 211 Richview Rd.) Paul Schwab
931-645-9068
paulschwab@bellsouth.net
11/19
Thu
Memphis 7:00pm CT. 3rd Thu Monthly Program Meeting. (Cordova Library, 8457 Trinity Rd.) Margaret Smith
spikie542003@yahoo.com
901-210-6097
11/24
Tue
Nashville 7:00pm CT. 4th Tue Monthly Program Meeting.
(REI Community Room, 261 Franklin Road, Brentwood.)
Nora Beck
615-517-6486
nora_beck@comcast.net
11/27
Fri
Highland Rim Old Stone Fort SAP. Day after Thanksgiving Walk it off Hike. Joint outing with Murfreesboro. Tom Bentley
931-455-5849
htbentley@lighttube.net 
11/28
Sat
Memphis Big Hill Pond SP. Carol Haley
901-388-9163 
    ** December 2009 **  
Every Wed Plateau Leaderless Hikes. Meeting time and location as well as destination vary. Bill Harris
931-484-9152
or see chapter blog.
12/1
Tue
Columbia/Franklin 6:30pm CT. 1st Tue Monthly Program Meeting. (Grand Buffet, north of Spring Hill.) Bobby Hardeman
615-430-0638
puttr22@aol.com
12/1
Tue
Highland Rim 7:00pm CT. 1st Tue Monthly Program Meeting. (D.W. Wilson Community Center, 501 N. Collins Street, Tullahoma.) Tom Bentley
931-455-5859
htbentley@lighttube.net
12/1
Tue
Sumner Trails 7:00pm CT. 1st Tue Monthly Program Meeting. (First Presbyterian Church, 172 West Main Street, Hendersonville.) Libby Francis
615-889-5718
libbyslibbys@comcast.net       
12/5
Sat
Memphis Tishomingo State Park. MS. Jerry Lenski
901-213-0604 
12/7
Mon
Cove Lake 6:00pm ET. 1st Mon Monthly Program Meeting. (LaFollette Rec Center, 201 S. 9th.) Richard Helm
423-562-1110
Richard.Helm@ahss.org
12/8
Tue
Murfreesboro 7:00pm CT. 2nd Tue Monthly Program Meeting. (Barfield-Crescent Wilderness Station, 697 Barfield-Cresent Rd.) Millette Jones
615-397-9588
millette.jones@comcast.net
12/10
Thu
Memphis Memphis Chapter Christmas Party. Location TBD. TBD. 
12/10
Thu
Plateau 6:30pm CT. 2nd Thu Monthly Program Meeting. Jan Barber
931-839-6663
taxxing@aol.com
Myra Holloway
931-788-1724
followthesun12@live.com
12/12
Sat
Highland Rim Lookout Mountain NMP. Bluff Trail. Jim and Marietta Poteet
931-924-7666
nannietta@blomand.net
12/12
Sat
Memphis Meeman-Shelby Forest. Frances Ruffin
901-396-1108 
12/14
Mon
Jackson 7:00pm CT. 2nd Mon Monthly Program Meeting. (Perkins Restaurant, 999 Vann Dr. Eat at 6.) Candy Higgs
731-695-1960
chiggs_3@yahoo.com
12/15
Tue
Clarksville 7:00pm CT. 3rd Tue Monthly Program Meeting. (Crow Community Center, 211 Richview Rd.) Paul Schwab
931-645-9068
paulschwab@bellsouth.net
12/22
Tue
Nashville 7:00pm CT. 4th Tue Monthly Program Meeting.
(REI Community Room, 261 Franklin Road, Brentwood.)
Nora Beck
615-517-6486
nora_beck@comcast.net
 

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