Log 2015022101

Currently as of the date of this log, the most recent Buckeye Trail map and guide for it's Whipple Section (North Country Trail concurrent) to date, is the 10/2010 edition (parts of this section are included on the NCTA's OH-105 map).   Based on that, the highest point for the section is 1,135ft above sea level at 39.467476, -81.467051, which is a hill top that roughly 1700ft north of German Cemetery on T623.  The section's lowest point is 609ft at 39.463776, -81.310427, which is at the bottom of Bean Ridge and along the Little Muskingum River.  Both points are within the administrative boundaries of the Wayne National Forest - Marietta Unit.

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North Country Trail hikers wishing to complete Ohio must purchase maps, or obtain GIS/ GPS track data for 19 of Buckeye Trail's 26 sections and they are:

(from east to west)

Massillon Section
Bowerston Section
Belle Valley Section
Road Fork Section
Whipple Section
Stockport Section
New Straitsville Section
Old Man's Cave Section
Scioto Trail Section
Sinking Spring Section
Shawnee Section
West Union Section
Williamsburg Section
Loveland Section
Caesar Creek Section
Troy Section
St. Marys Section
Delphos Section
Defiance Section

American Discovery Trail recreationalist wishing to complete Ohio must purchase maps, or obtain GIS/ GPS track data for 9 of the Buckeye Trail's 26 sections and they are

(from east to west)

Stockport Section
New Straitsville Section
Old Man's Cave Section
Scioto Trail Section
Sinking Spring Section
Shawnee Section
West Union Section
Williamsburg Section
Loveland Section