Polk Trails Newsletter
January 2023
2023 is the North Carolina year of the trail and we want you to get outdoors this year! Check out all the wonderful trails Polk County has to offer & go for a hike. This is a wonderful opportunity to check out improvements that trails in the area have undergone. Make 2023 your year of Adventure.

Find a trail on the Polk Trails website! Each month our newsletter will highlight a local trail that you can explore.

While hiking tag us on Instagram or Facebook using the #pocoyearofthetrail
TRAILS COMMITTEE MEETING

Monday, January 23rd at 6:00pm
Meeting will be at Saluda Outfitters (435 E Main Street, Saluda NC)

We are always looking for new ideas to make our trails better than they already are. Send us your questions and updates via email!

OTHER TRAIL NEWS

Our office will be closed from 12/26-1/3!

MIND YOUR MANNERS
Most trails, if they are open, may not have public facilities that are open, so check ahead of time. Please keep dogs on-leash on any hiking trail, take your trash with you, etc. Thanks for doing your part!
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES


In January trail work days will be on Friday afternoon from 1-3pm.

January 6th @ Tom Raymond Fitness Trail
January 13th @ Alexander Ford
January 20th @ ICC Library Loop
January 27th @ Recreation Complex


If you would like to help us with trail work, please contact trails@polknc.org and we will let you know when additional workdays are scheduled.

If you'd rather work on your own, feel free to walk a trail, picking up trash and moving small branches from the trails. Please don't cut any branches; if a trail needs more attention, email trails@polknc.org and we will take care of it or bring it to that trail manager's attention.

FOR MORE INFORMATION
We manage trail work days, various partnerships and other trail-related initiatives in the county.

The online calendar has been updated for January

E-Mail contact information for us: trails@polknc.org