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Shovelton Trail

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  1. Areas
  2. AL
  3. …Northern Alabama
  4. …Huntsville
  5. Wade Mountain Nature Preserve
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“Contrary to popular belief, this trail is not named after a character from Thomas and Friends. ”

Luke Brisk
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0.7

Miles

1.1

KM

Point to Point

1,001' 305 m

High

947' 289 m

Low

3' 1 m

Up

55' 17 m

Down

2%

Avg Grade (1°)

7%

Max Grade (4°)

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Features Fall Colors · River/Creek · Wildflowers

Description

Shovelton is a short trail that starts off the Devils Racetrack Trail and runs to a three-way intersection with Haris Trail and Rock Wall Trail. It is an easy singletrack trail that gets rockier as it gets closer to the Haris Trail/ Rock Wall Trail intersection with a short 35-foot descent.

I have written an article about this and the other trails in this area on Huntsville Outdoors.com

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Land Manager: Land Trust of North AL

Shared By:

Luke Brisk
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in Alabama

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The rocky start of the Harris Trail
Jul 23, 2015 near Meridia…, AL
Well packed section of the Shovelton Trail
Jul 7, 2015 near Meridia…, AL
Singletrack section on the Rock Wall trail
Jul 23, 2015 near Meridia…, AL

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