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DISCLAIMER
This book is meant only as a guide to select trails in the Atlanta area and does not guarantee hiker safety in any wayyou hike at your own risk. Neither Menasha Ridge Press nor Randy or Pam Golden is liable for property loss or damage, personal injury, or death that result in any way from accessing or hiking the trails described in the following pages. Please be aware that hikers have been injured in the Atlanta area. Be especially cautious when walking on or near boulders, steep inclines, and drop-offs, and do not attempt to explore terrain that may be beyond your abilities. To help ensure an uneventful hike, please read carefully the introduction to this book, and perhaps get further safety information and guidance from other sources. Familiarize yourself thoroughly with the areas you intend to visit before venturing out. Ask questions, and prepare for the unforeseen. Familiarize yourself with current weather reports, maps of the area you intend to visit, and any relevant park regulations.
Copyright 2008 Randy and Pam Golden
All rights reserved
Printed in the United States of America
Published by Menasha Ridge Press
Distributed by Publishers Group West
Second edition, first printing
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Golden, Randy, 1953
60 hikes within 60 miles: Atlanta, including Marietta, Lawrenceville, and Peachtree City/by Randy and Pam Golden.2nd ed.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN-13: 978-0-89732-673-5 (alk. paper)
ISBN-10: 0-89732-673-3 (alk. paper)
1. HikingGeorgiaAtlanta RegionGuidebooks. 2. Atlanta Region (Ga.)Guidebooks. I. Golden, Pam. II. Title. III. Title: Sixty hikes within sixty miles.
GV199.42.G462A855 2008
917.580444dc22
2008020896
Cover design by Steveco International and Scott McGrew
Text design by Steveco International
Cover photo by Pam Golden
Author photo by Pam Golden
All other photos by Randy and Pam Golden
Maps by Scott McGrew and Randy Golden
Menasha Ridge Press
P.O. Box 43673
Birmingham, AL 35243
www.menasharidge.com
First and foremost, Pam and I want to thank the dedicated individuals whose hard work created and maintains these trails. Without them this book would not be possible. Additionally, we owe a debt of gratitude to the scores of park rangers who freely shared their time and knowledge of their areas history, flora and fauna, and interesting trivia.
There are many other people who made a significant contribution, including Steve Storey, an outdoor enthusiast who works for the State of Georgia and gave us a number of ideas for hikes to include in the book. Finally, a heartfelt thanks goes to the folks at Menasha Ridge Press, especially Russell Helms, who patiently guided us throughout this adventure.
RANDY GOLDEN
Welcome to Menasha Ridge Presss 60 Hikes within 60 Miles, a series designed to provide hikers with information needed to find and hike the very best trails surrounding cities usually underserved by good guidebooks.
Our strategy was simple: First, find a hiker who knows the area and lo ves to hike. Second, ask that person to spend a year researching the most popular and very best trails around. And third, have that person describe each trail in terms of difficulty, scenery, condition, elevation change, and all other categories of information that are important to hikers. Pretend youve just completed a hike and met up with other hikers at the trailhead, we told each author. Imagine their questions; be clear in your answers.
Experienced hikers and writers, authors Randy and Pam Golden have selected 60 of the best hikes in and around the Atlanta metropolitan area. From the greenways and urban hikes that highlight Atlantas diverse population to flora- and faunarich treks amid state and national parks in the hinterlands, the Goldens provide hikers (and walkers) with a great variety of hikesand all within roughly 60 miles of Atlanta.
Youll get more out of this book if you take a moment to read the Introduction explaining how to use the trail profiles. The Topographic Maps section will help you understand how useful topos will be on a hike and will also tell you where to get them. And though this is a where-to, not a how-to guide, those of you who have not hiked extensively will find the Introduction of particular value.
As much for the opportunity to free the spirit as to free the body, let these hikes elevate you above the urban melee.
All the best,
The Editors at Menasha Ridge Press
Randy and Pam Golden have shared their lifelong love of hiking since they met at college in Florida in 1975. After marrying in 1977, they began hiking across the United States and into Canada. Among their favorite foreign destinations are Puerto Ricos El Yunque and Australias Dandenong Mountains. They began writing about their adventures on About North Georgia ( www.ngeorgia.com ) in 1995. In 1998 the sites Trails section was spun off into a site of its own, Georgia Trails ( www.georgiatrails.com ).
As Pam and I told folks about our venture, writing 60 Hikes Within 60 Miles, we frequently heard, There are 60 trails in the Atlanta area? Our problem was not finding trails but deciding which ones best represented the tremendous variety available. In addition to Lawrenceville, Marietta, and Peachtree City, our area included a portion of the Georgia mountainsa well-known hiking destinationand hiking-oriented towns like Roswell and Cartersville. The hardest place to find representative trails was south of the city, but that is changing: Great additions like Sprewell Bluff, a Georgia state park, Charlie Elliot, and Cochran Mill have increased the number of hiking trails available there.
According to tradition, Stephen Long rode a horse to Hardy Ivys cabin, placed a marker at the site of the 0 mile post of the Western and Atlantic Railroad, and then returned to his office in Marietta. Although Long did not really place the marker at what today is the heart of downtown Atlanta, he did write in his journal that the area would never amount to much. Even the man charged with building the railroad did not understand the importance of this revolutionary mode of transportation.
Farmers and businessmen, though, quickly learned, and by the time the Western and Atlantic was completed in 1850, Atlanta was a thriving rail hub that had already undergone two name changes (Terminus and Marthasville). Formerly a hard ride of two days (or more, depending on what you were carrying), Chattanooga was now just ten hours away by train, traveling at the astounding speed of 10 miles per hour. Soon it became apparent that for a railroad to survive, it had to come to Atlanta.
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