Len Foote Hike Inn - About the Inn

"Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's need, but not every man's greed." Mohandas K. Gandhi

Hike Inn Photo Contest

We've been so busy, we forgot to take pictures! Send your best Fall and Winter Hike Inn photos for a chance for them to appear on this website.

1. YOUR picture needs to be taken on the Hike Inn trail or at the Inn during fall or winter.

2. Email size needs to be less than 500 KB or a print can be mailed to the address on the bottom of this page.

3. Two pictures per person can be submitted.

4. Pictures are due on January 30, 2009 by midnight.

First place receives a Hike Inn t-shirt; second place receives a Hike Inn ballcap or beanie. If chosen for website use, credit will appear with your photo. Results will be announced by Feb. 15, 2009 via email and on this website.

About the Inn

Guest Rooms

20 rooms with bunk beds. Each room sleeps 2 people on bunk beds; six rooms have a connecting door for families.
All bed linens are provided.
Electrical Lighting (no outlets).
Temperature controlled by heating panels, blankets and breezes.

Bath House

Hot Showers.
All bath linens are provided.
Shampoo, conditioner, and blow dryers.
Sinks, mirrors and electrical outlets.
Eco-friendly, odor-free composting toilets.

Dining room

Family Style Dining
Hearty dinners and hot breakfasts
Snacks and gift items are available for purchase.
Wood burning stove.

Sunrise Room

Community room with wood burning stove and library.
Porch and chairs overlooking the scenic Blue Ridge Mountains.

Star Base

Star Base is our celestial calendar, marking the movement of the sun through the seasons of the year. Star Base was designed by John Burgess of Fernbank Science Center at the request of our architect, Garland Reynolds.

The large "V" shaped rock with the hole in the center marks the fall & spring equinox, the time when the sun crosses the equator, making night and day of equal length in all parts of the earth. On these two days (March and September 21st), as the sun rises above the horizon, it projects the shadow of the "V" rock into the back of the cave. It also shines through the hole in the "V" and Into the center of the cave.

The large rocks around the "V" also have significance. The one directly In front of the "V" points east. Other rocks mark north, northeast, south and southeast. The northeastern rock marks the summer solstice, June 21st , which is the longest day of the year. This rock points to the position on the horizon where the sun will rise on that day. The winter solstice, December 21st, the shortest day on the year, is marked by the southeastern rock which points to the sunrise on that day.

Star Base is a favorite place to sit in one of our comfortable Adirondack chairs and enjoy the views of the Blue Ridge Mountains that are opposite the Star Base formation.