Jones Gap State Park - Oconee State Park (NC, SC)

Submitted by kimjer on Thu, 03/18/2021 - 02:08am
Description

The goal of this route is to connect via trail Jones Gap State Park with Oconee State Park while passing through the beautiful Mountain Bridge Wilderness Area and Caesars Head State Park. Connecting these 3 state parks completely by trail can be done utilizing rugged and technical trails without requiring the use of any roads apart from road crossings.

Cottbuser Ostsee (Germany)

Submitted by Sven Oelschlägel on Thu, 03/18/2021 - 01:31am
Description

Hier geht es einmal um den "Neu" entstehenden Cottbuser Ostsee!

Auf Flacher Ebene geht es vorbei an schönen Aussichtspunkten wie z.b. den Merzdorfer Turm, Boat Mia, und den Ausblick Cottbus Nord.

In den nächsten Jahren wird dieser Tagebau geflutet und es entsteht einer der größten Künstlich angelegten Seen Deutschlands!

Yockanookany Trail South (MS)

Submitted by Jackson Wolf on Wed, 03/17/2021 - 10:01pm
Description

"North of Jackson, Mississippi, the Yockanookany section of the Natchez Trace National Scenic Trail is the longest of the five developed trail sections at 26 miles. Eight miles run alongside the Ross R. Barnett Reservoir, and the other sixteen miles go through dense forests, seasonal streams and open pastureland."

https://www.nps.gov/thingstodo/yockanookanysection.html

HK Pole to Pole (Hong Kong)

Submitted by peter chan on Wed, 03/17/2021 - 06:56pm
Description

The route starts on the "north pole" of HKSAR and ends on the "south pole".   The starting and ending point can be reversed.  The north starting point is on the border with China.  Here one can marvel at the contrast of grassy hill and high rise development.  In the 1960s the whole area is rural.  HK built fences and barriers to prevent migrants from crossing from China into HK.  China, following the institution of the policy of "reform and opening-up" in 1979, Shenzhen was quickly transformed into a mega cit

Fehmarnumrundung (Germany)

Submitted by KayPlötner on Wed, 03/17/2021 - 02:53pm
Description

Around the island Fehmarn. The route follows as much as possible tracks close to the baltic sea.

East Lothian Coastal (United Kingdom)

Submitted by boabt on Wed, 03/17/2021 - 02:31pm
Description

This is the entire length of the East Lothian Coast from Musselburgh, on the outskirts of the country capital Edinburgh, to the Scottish Borders in Cockburnspath.  The route takes in the final 60km of the official John Muir Way and then joins the Join Muir link route to the Scottish Borders.  A mix of road and trail (10%,90%) and a total ascent and descent of roughly 500m the route is not too challenging and is open to some very fast running.