Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Sharp-shinned Hawk
The Chinnabee Silent Trail, built by scouts from a deaf troop, connects the Pinhoti and
Odum Trails in the Cheaha Wilderness with Lake Chinnabee, six miles west of where the
trails meet. This trail provides access to lower forests where birds such as white-breasted
nuthatch, pine warbler, brown-headed nuthatch, yellow-shafted flicker, and eastern bluebird
are quite common year-round. Much of this trail follows Cheaha Creek, which is very pretty
and which has a beautiful set of waterfalls on it. Lake Chinnabee is a good camping spot; it
is reached by taking Forest Road 646 south off CR 42, two miles west of Cheaha State Park.
CR 42 provides the only direct access to the park from the western side.
The Pinhoti Trail is Alabama's longest trail, and it is still in development. Recent acquis-
itions to Talladega National Forest will make it possible to extend the trail all the way to
the Georgia border. There are long-range plans to some day connect the Pinhoti to the Ap-
