Bartram Trail
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Sep 17, 2026
John PageHOST
Brent lives in Macon County, where his work as a writer, naturalist, and conservationist has long been rooted in the landscapes of western North Carolina.
John PageHOST
Until recently, he served as executive director of the Blue Ridge Bartram Trail Conservancy, a nonprofit that maintains 112 miles of the Bartram Trail through North Carolina and Georgia.
John PageHOST
Bartram was a naturalist, writer, and explorer who traveled extensively through the American Southeast in the 1770s, documenting its plants, wildlife, landscapes, and people.
John PageHOST
His observations became the basis for Bartram's travels.
John PageHOST
Brent's latest book, William Bartram and the Nature That Could Have Been, draws directly from his longtime interest in Bartram.
John PageHOST
It's due out this October from Mercer University Press.
John PageHOST
Brent is also the author of The Changing Blue Ridge Mountains and A Hiking Guide to the Bartram Trail.
John PageHOST
In 2022, his book George Massa's Wild Vision won the Thomas Wolfe Memorial Literary Award, and Brent has also served as the Gilbert Chapel Distinguished Poet for the Western Region of North Carolina.
Eric HaganGUEST
Let's go ride.
Eric HaganGUEST
And so we would hit Bartram Trail, Tuskegee National Forest, man, every other day, if not every day.
Eric HaganGUEST
I mean, we wore that trail out.
Eric HaganGUEST
Now, this is back before Chihuahua.
Heather AndersonHOST
I'm your host, Heather Anderson.
Heather AndersonHOST
Today I'm joined by Ann Burchfield, who set the women's supported FKT on the 112-mile long Bartram Trail in one day, 19 hours and 42 minutes.
Heather AndersonHOST
[gentle music] Ann, thank you so much for coming on the show today.
Ann BurchfieldGUEST
All right, and thank you for having me.
Ann BurchfieldGUEST
I'm excited to be here.
Heather AndersonHOST
Yeah, I'm excited to chat with you about the Bartram Trail, which is a trail I've done, not as an FKT, but yeah, I don't think it's super commonly known.
Heather AndersonHOST
So I'd love it if you could start out by telling our listeners about the Bartram Trail, like where it is, what it is.
Heather AndersonHOST
Just give us a little bit of a description of it.
Troy MeadowsHOST
And when I say bigger, I mean 200-plus mile FKTs bigger.
Troy MeadowsHOST
Chris shares the story behind his 224-mile out-and-back FKT on the Bartram Trail, finishing Hellbender just five weeks later, and why he has fallen in love with the 200-mile distance.
Troy MeadowsHOST
We also get into his upcoming FKT attempts and his road toward Cocodona, where he is raising money.
Troy MeadowsHOST
money for free to run with a charity bib.
Troy MeadowsHOST
One is in Franklin, North Carolina on the 16th, and one is in Clayton, Georgia on the 22nd, both of September.
Troy MeadowsHOST
So coming up soon, friends.
Troy MeadowsHOST
The events start at 6 p.m. Chris is going to be sharing stories from the Bartram Trail event.
Troy MeadowsHOST
and raising money for Free to Run.
John DillardGUEST
We're the waterfall capital of Georgia, and we also have the Appalachian Trail.
John DillardGUEST
where it begins, and the Bartram Trail.
John DillardGUEST
And we have lots of hiking.
John DillardGUEST
We have three state parks.