Pinhoti Trail: Section 5

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Features Commonly Backpacked · River/Creek · Spring · Wildlife

• Pinhoti Trail

This section of the Pinhoti Trail starts at the Porter's Gap Trailhead and passes a few water sources, before reaching the Chandler Gap Campsite. There was at least one scorpion found at this campsite; so watch where you step. The trail travels around Chandler Springs down to Skyline Drive. Here, the trail turns left (onto Skyline Drive), crosses over Talladega Creek, and then back into the Talladega National Forest. The trail leaves Talladega County and crosses back into Clay County. It passes a campsite, with a few water sources. At Clairmont Gap, the trail crosses the road and turns left (into the woods). The trail travels for a ways, before reaching the next campsite. There's one more campsite, near Skyway Loop, before the trail descends to Adam's Gap. This section of the trail ends at Adam's Gap.

Flora: Chinquapin Oak, Long Needle Pine, Toadshade, Yellow Jessamine, Heart-leaf Ginger, Honeysuckle, Greenbriar, Violet Wood-Sorrel, Wood Sorrel, Birdfoot Violet, Bluets, Pussytoes, Trailing Arbutus, Laurel, Cherry, Wild Onion, Redbud, Carolina Vetch, Oakleaf Hydrangea, Groundsel Tree, American Holly, Blueberry Shrubs, Striped Wintergreen, Beech, Reindeer Lichen, Christmas Fern, Resurrection Fern, Hairy Bittercress, Toothwort, Sleepy Cranefly Orchid.
Fungi: Gilled Polypore.
Fauna: Towhee, Cardinal, Chickadee, Sharp-crest Elimia, Armadillo, White-banded Fishing Spider, Crickets, Toads, Jumping Spiders, Ring-neck Snake, Northern Slimy Salamander, Little Brown Skink, American Bird Grasshoppers, Running Crab Spider, Dung Beetles, Prairie(?) Lizard, Ferruginous Carpenter Ants, Scorpion, Whippoorwill, Coyotes, Pileated Woodpecker (call), Millipedes, Tiger Swallowtail, Whitelip Snail, Bats, Fox (call).