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2015/07/19

Link to the Whipple Section - Buckeye/ North Country Trail - Section Supervisor's Personal Page

Click here for the Whipple Section - Buckeye/ North Country Trail - Section Supervisor's Personal Page


The 1,440 mile Buckeye Trail is divided into 26 sub-units, or "sections."  The Whipple Section is 57.6mi/ 92.7km long from the Scenic River Trailhead on C9 in Independence Township of Washington, County to an on-road intersection that is just south of of the AEP ReCreation Land in Center Township of Morgan County.  The North Country National Scenic Trail (NCNST, always off-road) and North County Trail Connector (NCTC, usual designation for the on-road) are concurrent throughout this particular section and with the BT as a whole for 913mi/ 1469.3km.

This section passes through the following, places mostly in the Marietta area.

Washington County
      Wayne National Forest - Marietta Unit (on and off-road)
      Independence Township (on and off-road)
      Lawrence Township (on and off-road)
      Sitka (on-road)
      Fearing Township (on-road)
      Caywood (on-road)
      Stanleyville (on-road)
      Salem Township (on-road)
      Whipple (on-road)
      Warner (on-road)
      Aurelius Township (on-road)
      Macksburg (on-road)

Noble County
      Jackson Township (on-road)
      Crooked Tree (on-road)

Morgan County
      Center Township (on-road)
      Centerville (on-road)
      Hackney (on-road)

   Most of the BT is maintained by a section (volunteer) supervisor and other volunteer trail adopters.  It is unknown how long the section's on-road has been on it's current route?  But given it's purpose and the routing of the lesser used roads in the area, it is doubtful that most of it's route has ever changed since 1987.  Most residents along the Whipple Section have probably never seen a hiker.  And in the near future, they should probably expect the low hiking traffic to continue.

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