2026 Field Trips

This schedule is subject to change.  A detailed trip description will be posted under Upcoming Events (see sidebar) prior to the date of each trip.  Preregistration is required unless otherwise stated in the trip description.  Please register with the trip leader at least 1 week prior to the trip.

Day Date Month Time Name Focus Leader(s) County
Tues 13 Jan 1:30 CRNRA Interstate N Wetland boardwalk Carol Schneier Cobb
Sat 17 Jan 2 Zoom session Winter Tree ID workshop Richard Ware, Bobby Hattaway Virtual
Sat 7 Feb 10 FDR State Park Lichens Malcolm Hodges Harris
Tues 17 Feb 1:30 CRNRA East Palisades Bamboo forest Carol Schneier Fulton
Sat 28 Feb 2 Pace’s Mill Unit, CRNRA Trout lilies Susan Hanson Cobb
Sat 28 Feb 2 Stone Mountain Trout lilies Jane Trentin DeKalb
Sun 1 March 2 Stone Mountain Trout lilies Jane Trentin DeKalb
Tues 3 March 1:30 CRNRA Cochran Shoals Marsh plants Carol Schneier Cobb
Sun 15 March 3:30 Herbert Taylor Park Spring ephemerals, Champion trees Marti Breen DeKalb
Sat 21 March 4 Kennesaw Sanguinaria canadensis Marie Daum Cobb
Sun 22 March 10 The Pocket of Pigeon Mountain Best display of early spring wildflowers in Georgia Richard Ware, Steve Bowling Walker
Sat 28 March 10 Little Mulberry Park Woodland spring ephemerals in a beautiful creek valley Philip Bouchard Gwinnett
Sat 28 March 10 Tybee Island Native pollinator plants and insects Shannon Matzke Chatham
Sat 28 March 9:30 Rising Fawn Gardens Early spring wildflowers – in particular Lookout Mountain trillium, shooting stars Rich Reaves Dade
Sun 29 March 9 Cloudland Canyon State Park Sitton’s Gulch Early spring wildflowers Rich Reaves Dade
Wed 1 April 10 Arabia Mountain Fascinating spring flora found on a large granite exposure Philip Bouchard DeKalb
Wed 8 April 10 Amicalola State Park Early spring wildflowers, Amicalola trillium Rich Reaves Dawson
Sat 11 April 10 Adairsville Spring ephemerals Jennifer Kearns Floyd
Sat 11 April 10 Lake Russell (Mt. Airy) Rhododendron minus var minus Kathryn Stege Habersham
Sat 11 April 10 Tuskegee National Forest Upper Coastal Plain bottomland forest Al Schotz AL
Sat 18 April 10 Doran Creek Cove Yellow lady’s slippers Sam Taylor SC
Tues 21 April 1:30 CRNRA 1=Sope Cr Sibley Pond plants Carol Schneier Cobb
Sat 25 April 9 Cohutta roadsides & Lake Conasauga Spring wildflowers in particular painted trillium Rich Reaves Gilmer & Murray
Sun 26 April 10 Sandhills WMA West Tract Georgia beargrass, sandhills milkweed Hal Massie Taylor
1-3 May Clayton Pilgrimage Rabun
Tues 5 May 1:30 CRNRA Vickery Creek Magnolia cove forest Carol Schneier Fulton
Sat 9 May 10 West Wolf Creek Road Spring wildflowers – in particular Trillium vaseyi Rich Reaves Union
Sun 17 May 10 Flint River Shoals spider lilies paddle Hal Massie Talbot/ Meriwether
Sat 23 May 10 Reed Branch Wet Meadow Green pitcher plant Rich Reaves, Hal Massie, Bruce Roberts Towns
Sun 24 May 10 Brasstown Seeps Late spring wildflowers Rich Reaves, Hal Massie, Bruce Roberts Towns
Tues 2 June 1:30 CRNRA Cochran Shoals Meadow wildflowers Carol Schneier Cobb
Sat 13 June 10 Soapstone Mountain Mafic mountain. Forest, rock outcrop, and seepage habitats Jess Riddle, Jim Sullivan, Sam Taylor Stephens
Sat 27 June 10 Oaky Woody WMA Georgia Eocene Chalk Prairies in Oaky Woods Lee Echols Houston
Tues 7 July 1:30 CRNRA Johnson Ferry N Grassland wildflowers Carol Schneier Cobb
Sat 18 July 2 Zoom session Summer Oak (Quercus)Tree ID workshop Richard Ware Virtual
Sat 8 Aug 10 Sandhills WMA West Tract Large white fringed orchid Hal Massie Taylor
Tues 18 Aug 1:30 CRNRA East Palisades Bottomland forest Carol Schneier Fulton
Sat 5 Sep 12 Waycross area roadsides Late summer flowers – in particular pine lily Rich Reaves Charlton/ Ware/Brantley
Sun 6 Sep 9 Waycross area roadsides Late summer flowers – in particular pine lily Rich Reaves Charlton/ Ware/Brantley
Tues 8 Sep 1:30 CRNRA – Island Ford Oak Hickory forest Carol Schneier Fulton
Sat 19 Sep 10 Sandhills WMA West Tract Fall wildflowers of sandhills Hal Massie Taylor
Sat 26 Sep 10 Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge Jon Boat ride (special registration and fee required) Katie Antczak Charlton
Tues 27 Oct 1:30 CRNRA Gold Branch Oak-Pine Hickory forest Carol Schneier Cobb
Tues 10 Nov 1:30 Kennesaw Mountin Boulderfield Carol Schneier Cobb
Wed 11 Nov 10 Upatoi Ravines WMA Veteran’s Day hike, Exploratory trip to new WMA Hal Massie Talbot
Fri 27 Nov 10 Pine Mountain Black Friday hike Hal Massie Harris/ Meriwether
Tues 22 Dec 1:30 CRNRA Sope Cr Mill Ruins, Beech Cove Carol Schneier Cobb