Trails Team

TTA awards grant to FSC for trail mile markers throughout the Park

(L-R): FSC Trail Friends Area Coordinator Marietta Poteet; TTA Evan Means Grant Committee Chair Joan Hartvigsen; SCSP Manager George Shinn; SCSP Assistant Manager Bill Knapp; former FSC Trails Committee Chair Bruce Blohm; and (kneeling) SCSP Ranger Jessie DeRight. They are each holding samples of the trail marker medallions, similar to those that will be acquired with the TTA grant.

The Tennessee Trails Association (TTA) awarded an Evan Means Grant to the Friends of South Cumberland State Parks, helping fund an FSC initiative to install custom mileage marker/location identifier medallions on nearly 87 miles of trail in South Cumberland State Park (SCSP). The medallions improve hiker locational awareness and safety, while assisting in Rangers’ rescue efforts. This system of color-coded markers also make possible more detailed trail maps.

The Mile Marking Field Team: Volunteers. at work in the Fiery Gizzard, measuring trail for precise placement of the new mile marker system on every mile of trail in the park. The mile marking project was completed in mid-2021.

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