Pinhoti Trail: Section 7

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Features Commonly Backpacked · Fishing · Lake · River/Creek · Spring · Waterfall · Wildlife

• Pinhoti Trail

Watch out for Cottonmouth Snakes.

This section starts off the High Point Spur Trail and travels for 0.2 miles before turning right (off High Point Spur Trail). It crosses over Talladega Scenic Drive, then turns northward. At 1 mile, the trail crosses out of Cheaha State Park into Talladega National Forest. At approximately 1.5 miles, the trail crosses back into Cheaha State Park. At 2 miles, the trail passes by the Blue Mountain Shelter Spur (on the right). At 2.2 miles, the trail passes by Bald Rock Trail (on the left), and crosses back into Talladega National Forest.

At 8.3 miles, the trail reaches Hillabee Creek Campsite and fords the creek. At 9.3 miles, the trail passes by Whitley Jean Campsite (on the left). It crosses over County Road 24, and turns left (onto the road), then right (into the woods). The trail crosses over a creek, with a nice little waterfall. Watch out for Cottonmouths along this creek. Morgan Lake Connector will take you past the waterfall at the dam. At 15.3 miles, the trail passes by Wade's Waterfall (on the left), and Little Hillbillie Waterfall (on the right). The trail continues to Highway 431, where this section ends.

Flora: Chinquapin Oak, Long Needle Pine, Toadshade, Yellow Jessamine, Heart-leaf Ginger, Honeysuckle, Greenbriar, Violet Wood-Sorrel, Wood Sorrel, Birdfoot Violet, Bluets, Pussytoes, Trailing Arbutus, Laurel, Cherry, Wild Onion, Redbud, Carolina Vetch, Oakleaf Hydrangea, Groundsel Tree, American Holly, Blueberry Shrubs, Striped Wintergreen, Beech, Reindeer Lichen, Christmas Fern, Resurrection Fern, Hairy Bittercress, Toothwort, Sleepy Cranefly Orchid, Gooseberries, Hepatica, Yellow Star Grass.
Fungi: Gilled Polypore.
Fauna: Towhee, Cardinal, Chickadee, Sharp-crest Elimia, Armadillo, White-banded Fishing Spider, Crickets, Toads, Jumping Spiders, Ring-neck Snake, Northern Slimy Salamander, Little Brown Skink, American Bird Grasshoppers, Running Crab Spider, Dung Beetles, Prairie(?) Lizard, Ferruginous Carpenter Ants, Scorpion, Whippoorwill, Coyotes, Pileated Woodpecker (call), Millipedes, Tiger Swallowtail, Whitelip Snail, Bats, Fox (call), Cottonmouth Snakes, Turkey, Crayfish.