The Bartram Trail is designated as a National Recreation Trail by the National Trails System Act of 1968. The trail is blazed in a yellow, vertically oriented rectangle in North Carolina and a yellow diamond in Georgia. It crosses over some of the most scenic mountains of North Carolina and Georgia, with many side trails, blazed in a blue vertically oriented rectangle, leading to views of the Blue Ridge and the Smokies.
The Blue Ridge Bartram Trail Conservancy maintains the 70+ miles of the North Carolina portion and 30+ miles of the Georgia portion of the Bartram Trail and it’s dependent upon volunteers for this effort. If you are interested in helping out with trail maintenance, or in monitoring a section of the trail, Bartram would greatly appreciate your support. They will connect you with other people in your area who are volunteering, provide you with training opportunities, and organize work trips to your section of the trail.
The Bartram Trail is constructed for foot traffic only. Use of off-road vehicles, ATVs, bicycles, horses, pack animals, etc., is prohibited on the trail. The pathway, water/erosion control systems, steps, and cleared area to each side of the pathway are not appropriate for anything but foot traffic. The use of wheeled vehicles, whether human-powered or fossil-fuel-powered, is particularly damaging to the pathway.
