Communities

A sample group for testing Branch Outdoors. Nothing here is a real event. Sam (slritter@gmail.com) is the page admin.

Asheville

National climbing conservation nonprofit.

National

Birmingham-based statewide Audubon (formerly Birmingham Audubon) with bird walks and field trips.

Birmingham, AL

Statewide group building the Pinhoti and other Alabama trails with work days and hikes.

Birmingham, AL

Birmingham-based statewide network protecting Alabama's rivers, with river events and advocacy.

Birmingham, AL

Local volunteer-run chapter of the American Alpine Club that gathers climbers for meetups, crag days, films and stewardship events.

Atlanta, GA

Local volunteer-run chapter of the American Alpine Club that gathers climbers for meetups, crag days, films and stewardship events.

Miami, FL

Local volunteer-run chapter of the American Alpine Club that gathers climbers for meetups, crag days, films and stewardship events.

Durham, NC

Nonprofit maintaining Danville's 35-mile Angler's Ridge singletrack network.

Danville, VA

Tallahassee-area Audubon chapter with bird walks and field trips across the Big Bend.

Tallahassee, FL

Knoxville mountain bike club: trail building and volunteer work days, and community rides in the Knoxville Urban Wilderness.

Knoxville

Nonprofit that looks after the Appalachian Trail with volunteer maintaining clubs and trail crews; has a regional office in Asheville.

Asheville

Bike advocacy nonprofit in Asheville: community rides and events, and bike-safety classes.

Asheville

Social run club in Asheville, organized on Meetup.

Asheville

Run club in Asheville's River Arts District.

Asheville

Women's run club in downtown Asheville.

Asheville

Amateur astronomy club active since 1981. Holds free public star gazes at Lookout Observatory in Asheville and Grassland Mountain Observatory in Madison County, plus monthly meetings at UNC Asheville.

Asheville

Athens club for dirt, gravel and road riding with group rides around Athens-Clarke County.

Athens, GA

Athens running club with group runs and community races.

Athens, GA

Atlanta bike advocacy group with a calendar of community rides and events.

Atlanta, GA

Free Atlanta Meetup group for LGBTQ+ hikers with walks and hikes around the metro.

Atlanta, GA

Volunteer-led club with hikes, paddles, bike rides and camping trips around Atlanta and North Georgia.

Atlanta, GA

Masters rowing club on the Chattahoochee in Roswell with Learn-to-Row sessions for adults.

Atlanta, GA

Atlanta club organizing group ski trips plus local outings such as hikes.

Atlanta, GA

Atlanta running club with a monthly schedule of free group runs alongside its races.

Atlanta, GA

Fort Myers Audubon chapter with field trips, shorebird walks and photo outings around Lee County.

Fort Myers, FL

Audubon chapter with free public field trips around Augusta and Aiken, open to all.

Augusta, GA

Cycling club in Robbins, in the Sandhills, for mountain and road riders.

Robbins

Louisville birding club running regular field trips and meetings open to beginners.

Louisville, KY

Volunteer association that builds and maintains the Benton MacKaye Trail in Georgia, Tennessee and North Carolina, with monthly maintenance trips.

Blue Ridge GA

Roswell cycling advocacy group listing community group rides and ride events.

Roswell, GA

Jacksonville advocacy nonprofit for safer walking and biking, with community rides and events.

Jacksonville, FL

Athens bike nonprofit hosting monthly community joyrides and volunteer events.

Athens, GA

Statewide bird conservation group based in Atlanta, formerly Atlanta Audubon, that leads guided bird walks at parks and nature centers around the metro area.

Atlanta, GA

Birmingham cycling club with group rides and an annual century.

Birmingham, AL

Paddling club offering instruction, safety training and organized trips for kayakers and canoeists.

Birmingham, AL

Birmingham running club with group runs and local race events.

Birmingham, AL

SORBA chapter that builds and maintains Oak Mountain and Tannehill trails and hosts rides and adaptive events.

Birmingham, AL

Run and walk club in Asheville, meeting at Carrier Park.

Asheville

Birmingham-based river protection group for the Black Warrior watershed, with clean-ups and paddle outings.

Birmingham, AL

Audubon chapter for the Asheville area that runs free monthly bird outings at Beaver Lake, Jackson Park in Hendersonville and the Swannanoa Valley, plus evening programs. Beginners welcome.

Asheville

Road cycling club, the largest in Western North Carolina, with weekly group rides.

Asheville

Land trust based in Blowing Rock that runs a public guided hiking series and outings on protected land in the High Country.

Blowing Rock, NC

Women's mountain bike club with group rides by skill level, clinics and socials across Western North Carolina.

Western North Carolina

Informal hiking club in the High Country around Boone and Blowing Rock.

Boone and Blowing Rock

Meetup group paddling the rivers and lakes of Central Kentucky together.

Lexington, KY

Central Kentucky cycling club with paced group rides, ride guidelines for newer riders, and the Horsey Hundred.

Lexington, KY

Lexington running club since 1972 with club runs and social events for runners of all abilities.

Lexington, KY

Lexington-based paddling club running whitewater trips, clinics and river events across Kentucky.

Lexington, KY

Cycling club in Boone and the High Country, for road and mountain riders.

Boone