2-state trail · Long-distance trail

Bartram Trail

115 mi long · across 2 states · centroid 60 mi from Asheville

The Bartram Trail traces 115 miles of botanist William Bartram's 1775 journey through the southern Appalachians, from Russell Bridge in Georgia north to Cheoah Bald in the Nantahala National Forest, North Carolina. The trail crosses with the Appalachian Trail at Cheoah Bald.

Bartram Trail
Photo via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).
States
Georgia, North Carolina
Length
115 mi
Trail type
Long-distance trail
Network
Regional (rwn)
Centroid nearest city
Asheville, NC · 60 mi · ~1.7 hr drive
Centroid coords
35.0950°, -83.4281°
Official site
www.bartramtrail.org
OSM relations
1 sub-relations on OpenStreetMap
From Wikipedia: The Bartram Trail follows the approximate route of 18th-century naturalist William Bartram's southern journey from March 1773 to January 1777. Bartram explored much of the territory which is now the states of North and South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Tennessee. Excerpt from the Wikipedia article on Bartram Trail, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Termini

Start & end

Southern terminus: Russell Bridge, Georgia.

Northern terminus: Cheoah Bald, North Carolina.

Plan your hike

Practical notes

Maps + permits: long-distance trails like this often require permits for through-hiking, backcountry camping, or specific sections (especially in National Parks). Check with the maintaining organisation listed above and the relevant land manager before booking travel.

Water + supplies: water sources vary seasonally on most U.S. trails. Carry a filter and consult current trail-condition reports — through-hiker journals (PCT-L, AT Reddit, etc.) and the maintaining organisation publish regular updates.

When to go: hiking seasons vary widely with elevation, latitude, and snowpack. Through-hikers traditionally start the AT in March-April (Springer northbound) and the PCT in late April (Campo northbound). High-elevation western trails (CDT, JMT, Wonderland) generally aren't passable until July.

If you've hiked Bartram Trail and have current notes (water sources, trail closures, permit changes), tell us at /contact — we update pages as we learn.

Stay nearby

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33 nearby

Georgia

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South Carolina

Palmetto Trail: Oconee Passage

25 miles from this trail's centroid

Georgia · 6 mi

Arkaquah Trail

28 miles from this trail's centroid

North Carolina

Lakeshore Trail

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North Carolina

Forney Creek Trail

29 miles from this trail's centroid

Sources

Public data + curation

Trail data on this page is compiled from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), the maintaining organisation's public-facing materials, and Wikipedia (CC BY-SA where excerpts are quoted). Distance, terminus, and descriptive text for nationally-designated trails are hand-curated from federal land-manager websites and trail-association sources. We do not modify the underlying data; this page presents what is already publicly recorded. To suggest corrections, see our methodology page.