Category: MST: Segment 18

40 Hike Challenge: #40 Jockey’s Ridge – Completion!

Distance: 1.0 mile round trip

Degree of difficulty: Easy

Source: Great Day Hikes of North Carolina’s Mountains – to – Sea Trail

It was surreal as we pulled up to the Jockey’s Ridge trailhead. Less than 10 months earlier, I had just started on the goal to complete the MST 40 Hike Challenge. I had picked up the book, Great Day Hikes of North Carolina’s Mountains – to – Sea Trail mainly out of curiosity, and while I was driving to do some day hiking at nearby Dupont State Forest, I stumbled onto The Jester Section Hiker Podcast. Her detailed descriptions of each hike stirred within me a hunger for such an adventure.

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40 Hike Challenge: #38 Cape Hatteras & #39 Outer Banks

Source: Great Day Hikes of North Carolina’s Mountains – to – Sea Trail

Cape Hatteras National Seashore was the first National Seashore designated and managed by the National Park Service in 1953. Now there are 10 National Seashores all of which have been set apart to protect their rich and diverse environmental and cultural resources. It is easy to presume that the Hatteras National Seashore just refers to the area around the lighthouse. However, the National Seashore actually encompasses over 70 miles of shoreline including Bodie, Hatteras and Ocracoke Islands. Both Hikes 38 & 39 include portions of the Mountains to Sea Trail within the Hatteras National Seashore.

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