Comments on: Trails made for a December hike https://getgoingnc.com/2013/12/trails-made-for-a-december-hike/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=trails-made-for-a-december-hike Explore the outdoors, discover yourself. Thu, 02 Jan 2014 15:10:46 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 By: JoeMiller https://getgoingnc.com/2013/12/trails-made-for-a-december-hike/comment-page-1/#comment-38138 Thu, 02 Jan 2014 15:10:46 +0000 http://getgoingnc.com/?p=6251#comment-38138 In reply to Steve Blankenship.

Hi Steve,

Talbott’s Branch may be another name for the Tot Hill Road trailhead. In 1998 there was no parking at that trailhead and it was hard to find; today, there’s a nice gravel lot with a kiosk. And the 2 miles of the Birkhead Mountain Trail that leads in from that trailhead takes in the best of the Birkheads. Using that trailhead, it’s about an 11.5-mile loop.

Hope that helps,
Joe

]]> By: Steve Blankenship https://getgoingnc.com/2013/12/trails-made-for-a-december-hike/comment-page-1/#comment-38135 Thu, 02 Jan 2014 01:57:04 +0000 http://getgoingnc.com/?p=6251#comment-38135 Joe,

Happy New Year! I have read your book (Backpacking in NC) and I enjoy your blog.

Thank you for posting your information about hiking in the Uwharries. I live in the Cary / Apex area and I frequently drive through the Uwharrie National Forest when I use 64 / 49 to visit my parents in Charlotte.

I have been meaning to day hike in the Uwharries sometime this winter. I have a 1998 copy of the “Uwharrie Lakes Region Trail Guide” by Don Childrey. The route I would like to try first is the Birkhead Mountain Trail, starting at the Tabott’s Branch Trailhead. Childrey’s book says there is no parking available at this trail head…that you have to park alongside the road. Do you know if this is still the case?

Thank you.

Steve

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