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Program of hikes for 1930/ Smoky Mountains Hiking Club

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  • November 30 PAINT ROCK This is a hike that is made to order for those who do not feel equal to the exertion of the longer and more strenuous hikes, and for those who find it hard to spare the time for the two-day trips. And merely because it is easy, do not think that the views to be had do not make it worth while for the more seasoned hikers to make the trip. The "Painted Rocks" is a bluff, or rather a series of bluffs, along the north bank of the French Broad River, a scant ten miles from Knoxville. They can be reached either by boat, or by motor car, with a very short and easy hike. From the top of the bluffs, a full hundred feet above the river, a wide and inspiring view can be had of the river, which makes a sweeping bend at this point, and the banks and woods on either side, while in the distance the peaks of the Smokies are easily visible, if the day is clear. The heavily timbered hills extending up and down the river from the bluffs will doubtless tempt many of the hikers to do a little extra exploring, while the more venturesome may wish to descend the cliffs, which rise almost vertically from the water's edge, to a spring said to exist near the bottom. Leave Saunders System at one o'clock. Drive south on Gay St., to the Andrew Johnson Hotel, turn left out Hill Avenue and Riverside Drive and across the Holston River at Boyd's Bridge. Follow Route 9 to Armstrong's store, about 5 miles from Knoxville, and there take the right hand fork then the left. Drive out about 5 miles further along a narrow, but well paved, road that angles toward the river. The cars can be parked along the roadside, and it is an easy hike of little over half a mile to the top of the bluffs themselves. Whiie the shortness of the trip from Knoxville will make it unnecessary to bring provisions, this hike offers excellent opportunities for a picnic, and nicnic lunches will he very much in order. Leaders: F. A. Hubbell (Phone 3—4171) and Ruth Pfingst (Phone 3—6187). 68
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