Urban Hiking Atlanta

Wednesday, September 2, 2009

UPDATE hike starts @ 9am (not 10am) on Saturday

Updates were sent via email as well. We'll be meeting at ParkGrounds at 9am in hopes of getting downtown by the 10am start of the Dragon*Con parade!!

Monday, August 31, 2009

FREE urban hike this saturday, 9/5/09

Long time, no see!

After taking a break for the month of August I made the executive decision
to get our FREE urban hikes started again. Details are as follows:

What? September Urban Hike- exploring on foot from Reynoldstown to
Oakland Cemetery, on to 5 Points to (hopefully) see some of DragonCon!

When? Meet at 9am this Saturday, September 5th

Where? Park Grounds Coffee Shop- 142 Flat Shoals Ave SE, atlanta, ga 30316

Who? Everyone is invited- no age limits/restrictions! Dogs too!

Why? Why not? It's a Saturday and starting to feel like fall, so let's
go explore on foot around the city!

Here's a link to the proposed route: http://www.favoriterun.com/288647

I hope to see you Saturday morning at Park Grounds,
~Eli
UrbanHiking Web Monkey

Thursday, July 23, 2009

If you want to know more about the beltline...

Monday, July 13, 2009

Beltline hike synopsis with pix!

Our most recent urban hiking outing was a 7-mile jaunt on mostly active rails in the west and northwest beltline corridor. It was warm, but not really as hot or humid as it could be in mid-July. All in all it was a great hike and many thanks are due to our fearless leader Angel.

Some of the rails we walked were active and we actually saw numerous trains- some a little too close for comfort.

Eli- Urban Hike Leader

tunnel near start of hike

peachtree creek

Norfolk Southern Rail

blooming native trumpet creeper (Campsis radicans)

nearing the end- that's Piedmont above all that kudzu (this is a section we cleared with machetes a week earlier to make it passable for the group)

The End... with Slimer

Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Beltline hike this Saturday, July 11th

*Please note that we will be meeting at the Bankhead Marta Station (NOT the West End Station and NOT Park Grounds).

Meet us at 9:45 and we'll start hiking the tracks at 10am. Plan on a solid 5 miles of walking in the heat and humidity! Be sure to bring water, snacks, sunscreen, and a hat. It's gonna be a blast as Angel leads us along the northwest section of the Beltline loop!

Questions? Email me at: urbanhiking@wonderroot.org

~Eli

Thursday, June 11, 2009

Great hike on the 'Hooch- Beltline hike planned for July 11th

We had about a dozen people exploring the trails at the Whitewater Creek trailhead in the Chattahoochee River National Recreation area last Saturday. It was steamy, but nice under the shade of all those big leaf magnolias.

Up next- Saturday, July 11th (note: this is the 2nd saturday b/c of July 4th) we'll hike a section of the Beltine from the WestEnd Marta station to Piedmont Hospital. Once again Angel Poventud (Beltline volunteer and former train conductor) will be our fearless leader. It will be HOT, so bring lots of water and a hat... maybe even an umbrella for shade if you want.

Pix from our last hike:

view from the top of the trail