GREAT EASTERN TRAIL
GET Going With TuGuNu & WVSTA
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The Great Eastern Trail (GET)
The Great Eastern Trail (GET) will provide a 2000 mile hiking experience in the western Appalachian Mountains. It will connect pre-existing trails (like the Mary Ingles, Allegheny, Tuscarora, and Appalachian Trails in WV) and existing outdoor recreation areas from Alabama to New York.
This mighty trail will cross seven counties in West Virginia; Mingo, Wyoming, Mercer, Raleigh, Summers, Monroe, & Greenbrier.
The GET Committee of the WVSTA was formed in 2009, and is focused on developing the GET along the Mary Ingles and Allegheny Trails in Summers, Monroe, and Greenbrier Counties, WV, and Craig, Giles, and Alleghany Counties, VA.If you reside in any of these six counties and wish to help develop the GET, please contact:
Doug Wood
304-550-1006
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The TuGuNu Hiking Club
The TuGuNu Hiking Club was formed in Wyoming County, West Virginia in 2010 to support the creation of the GET in the Mountain State, particularly in Mingo, Wyoming, Raleigh, and Mercer Counties. The club name stands for the Tug (Tu), Guyandotte (Gu) and the New (Nu) Rivers.
Local communities are eager to have the GET cross our state and we hope you will join us in this project. The club is blazing new adventures while hiking and maintaining local trails. We applaud the volunteer spirit and enthusiasm.
If you live in any of the four counties mentioned above, please join us.
To become involved contact one of the following:tugunu@gmail.com
Tim McGraw, TuGuNu President
304-732-8412
timmcgraw14@hotmail.com
Joanna Swanson
320-279-3959
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Slideshow of Hike on the GET
Someday Jo and Hillbilly Bart completed their adventure hike on the Great Eastern Trail route.
Check out their slideshow at www.gethiking.net on the blog post dated Sunday, December 22, 2013.
The Great Eastern Trail is a network of hiking trails forming a long-distance route in the eastern United States. North of Georgia, the route runs parallel to, and slightly to the west of, the Appalachian Trail.
As of 2022, it is still under development and its current length is approximately 1,600 miles (2,600 km). Upon its completion the network is projected to be more than 2,000 miles (3,200 km) in length.
— Wikipedia
