# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Likin’ Lichens: Piney Knob, Murphy
- **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 11 Nov, 2025 at 01:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Registration through our website is required for this event. RSVPing on Facebook does not guarantee attendance at this event. Please register through our website: https://www.mainspringconserves.org/events/likin-lichens-piney-knob-murphy-11-11-25/

Join our Conservation Outreach Associate Alina on an early fall lichen hike at the Piney Knob Trail System in Murphy, where we will explore the abundance and diversity of lichens that can be found along this trail. We will discuss the science behind these fascinating critters including what kind of creatures they are, what they eat, how they reproduce, and what they contribute to our forests.

Participants will learn some beginner identification tips, as well as how to take close-up photos of lichens using a smartphone and magnifying device! This event is geared towards beginner lichen-likers or those who are looking for a place to start, but is open to nature lovers, hikers, and people all knowledge and skill levels who enjoy moving slowly through the landscape.

We’ll meet in the Piney Knob Trail System parking lot just before 1pm on Tuesday November 11th. See the map below for exact location. The walk will take about two hours of slow walking, and is on slightly rocky, fairly hilly trail that is rated medium. We will not be walking the whole trail. Instead, we will run out the clock lichenizing and then turn back, so it will be an out-and back. We suggest bringing water, a snack, a light rain jacket, sturdy hiking shoes, and any naturalist tools you may want such as a notebook or a hand lens. We will provide magnifying tools as well!

This event is free and open to the public, including children and families who are interested in the subject. Space is limited, so please fill out the form below to register then grab your notebook and prepare for a fun morning of learning about the lichen diversity that can be found here in the Cherokee valley! This event is weather dependent and will be cancelled if there is heavy rain or thunder storms, but will proceed with a light drizzle. We live in the rainforest, after all! Please leave pets at home. Email Alina at amartin@mainspringconserves.org with any questions.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/murphy/likin’-lichens-piney-knob-murphy/200029169636210
- **Event Categories**: trips-adventures, nonprofit, trekking
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 3

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://www.mainspringconserves.org/events/likin-lichens-piney-knob-murphy-11-11-25/?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=murphy-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Murphy
- **state**: NC
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Piney Knob Trail System
- **lat**: 35.12817481391
- **long**: -84.011356830597
- **full address**: Piney Knob Trail System, Piney Knob Hl,Murphy, North Carolina, United States

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Mainspring Conservation Trust (https://allevents.in/org/mainspring-conservation-trust/26084519)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Tue, 11 Nov, 2025 at 01:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Piney Knob Trail System, Piney Knob Hl,Murphy, North Carolina, United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Mainspring Conservation Trust
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** trips-adventures, nonprofit, trekking
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Likin’ Lichens: Piney Knob, Murphy ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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