Hi UrbanHikers and friends,
There's snow possible tomorrow, but saturday looks warmer and sunny.
Let's go for a walk!
Option #1- 12 noon Urban Hike on the Beltline with Angel Poventud:
We will be meeting at 12:00 PM on Saturday, February 13 at the end of Lena
St near the Washington Park Tennis Center and Natatorium (1077 Lena St NW,
Atlanta GA, 30314). The walk will take place mostly in the BeltLine
corridor in the section cleared for the temporary hiking trail. The entire
route is 5 miles and will take three hours to complete. It will start at
Washington Park and go south to Allene Ave. From there it will go to the
West End Marta Station, where we will ride MARTA to the Ashby station, and
walk from there to the beginning of the route. We will be taking and
answering questions about the temporary art project and the BeltLine on
the walk.
This is a rain or shine event. Please bring water, a snack, comfortable
shoes that can contend with kudzu and mud, $2 for the fare for MARTA, and
be ready to enjoy a beautiful walk through the Westside and Southwest of
Atlanta. See you on the BeltLine.
Option #2- Champion tree tour and workshop in Fernbank Forest:
Join Trees Atlanta and Fernbank Museum of Natural History on February 13th
from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. to view and practice measuring giant trees in
the Fernbank Forest. We'll meet at 1:30 pm SHARP at the dinosaurs in
front of the museum- 767 Clifton Rd NE, Atlanta, GA. Wear comfortable
warm clothes! Plan to walk about 1-2 miles. More info:
eli_dickerson@yahoo.com
Get out and explore the city this weekend! Get rid of that cabin fever!!
Best,
~Eli
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
NE Beltline hike on 12/19
We had a great turnout (22 folks!) for our East/Northeast Beltline hike from Amsterdam Walk to DeKalb Ave and back- roughly 6 miles roundtrip. Jack Walsh from Georgia PBA was out filming (should be out in early Spring). The corridor is mostly cleared of rails and weeds. It's wide open folks! Go explore it for yourself!
Angel was kind enough to lead the group once again
behind Midtown Arts Cinema area
City Hall East (formerly the Sears building)
TONS of old rails
crossing the rickety bridge over Ponce de Leon
Noxious weed alert! This is Arundo donax, aka- "Giant Reed"- very invasive out west especially.
The plan
I think Angel called this rail device a "frog"
Great new mural alongside the beltline in Cabbagetown/Reynoldstown area
for my fellow botanical nerds- I believe this is a Sugar Pine cone on the table at Parish (the largest cone from the tallest pine in the world)... or is it from a longleaf??
nature wins! (don't be fooled though- these oak species grow REALLY FAST, so this could have only taken a few dozen years...still really cool though)
That wraps up another great urban hike! There's talk of a southwest Beltline hike the saturday after Christmas- see Angel for more details!
Looking forward to more exciting urban hiking exploration in 2010. Keep the ideas coming too! Where do we want to hike? What do we want to see? More history? More art? More nature? Lemme know!
~Eli
urbanhiking@wonderroot.org
Angel was kind enough to lead the group once again
behind Midtown Arts Cinema area
City Hall East (formerly the Sears building)
TONS of old rails
crossing the rickety bridge over Ponce de Leon
Noxious weed alert! This is Arundo donax, aka- "Giant Reed"- very invasive out west especially.
The plan
I think Angel called this rail device a "frog"
Great new mural alongside the beltline in Cabbagetown/Reynoldstown area
for my fellow botanical nerds- I believe this is a Sugar Pine cone on the table at Parish (the largest cone from the tallest pine in the world)... or is it from a longleaf??
nature wins! (don't be fooled though- these oak species grow REALLY FAST, so this could have only taken a few dozen years...still really cool though)
That wraps up another great urban hike! There's talk of a southwest Beltline hike the saturday after Christmas- see Angel for more details!
Looking forward to more exciting urban hiking exploration in 2010. Keep the ideas coming too! Where do we want to hike? What do we want to see? More history? More art? More nature? Lemme know!
~Eli
urbanhiking@wonderroot.org
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
SUNNY Beltline hike this Saturday- 12/19/09
I would like to invite everyone to come out and join Eli Dickerson and I for a walk in the BeltLine Corridor. You may have heard that the clearing of the rails has begun so that a temporary hiking trail could be installed until the permanent trail is in place. Construction on the permanent trail is planned to start l...ate in 2010.
Here's the plan.
We will meet behind Amsterdam Walk, parking behind all the buildings which push up right against the BeltLine and the Piedmont Park expansion at 10AM this Saturday morning, 12/19/09.
We'll check out the 53 acres of Piedmont Park expansion from the BeltLine and then head south in the BeltLine Corridor from the Piedmont Park area down 3 miles to Dekalb Ave. We'll then walk back up to the our starting point which will be a total of 6 miles of walking, 3 hours total. The weather for Saturday is forecast to be Sunny with a high of 46 degrees. It's going to be a beautiful day for a walk.
If you have ever walked this section before last month before the trail work started, your not going to recognize it now. No weeds, no kudzu and no rails. It looks great. Come check out the BeltLine and see how easy it is to use and exactly where it goes in the Northeast.
I'm including a link to a map that will show the area that we're walking and there are a few places in the walk that we can stop to use the bathroom or get some water and such. See you Saturday morning.
http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/North-East-BeltLine-walk-from-Amsterdam-Walk-to-Dekalb-Ave
~Eli
urbanhiking@wonderroot.org
Here's the plan.
We will meet behind Amsterdam Walk, parking behind all the buildings which push up right against the BeltLine and the Piedmont Park expansion at 10AM this Saturday morning, 12/19/09.
We'll check out the 53 acres of Piedmont Park expansion from the BeltLine and then head south in the BeltLine Corridor from the Piedmont Park area down 3 miles to Dekalb Ave. We'll then walk back up to the our starting point which will be a total of 6 miles of walking, 3 hours total. The weather for Saturday is forecast to be Sunny with a high of 46 degrees. It's going to be a beautiful day for a walk.
If you have ever walked this section before last month before the trail work started, your not going to recognize it now. No weeds, no kudzu and no rails. It looks great. Come check out the BeltLine and see how easy it is to use and exactly where it goes in the Northeast.
I'm including a link to a map that will show the area that we're walking and there are a few places in the walk that we can stop to use the bathroom or get some water and such. See you Saturday morning.
http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/North-East-BeltLine-walk-from-Amsterdam-Walk-to-Dekalb-Ave
~Eli
urbanhiking@wonderroot.org
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
West End Hike Synopsis in Photos
Saturday, December 12th, 2009- West End Beltline Trail, 37 degrees and drizzly!
This is where we started with a Beltline film crew taping us walking back and forth along this trail section. I'll post a link to the video when it's finished.
Beltline Trail looking north
Tunnel shots
Ground breaking ceremony at the end of our hike- Kasim was there!
Beltline signage
We were invited to a delicious warm holiday meal at the fire station with the whole neighborhood- delicious!
This trail is completely cleared and open for walkers and hikers. I highly recommend visiting when you have a chance. You can even ride MARTA to get there- it's just 2 blocks from the Ashby MARTA station!
~Eli
This is where we started with a Beltline film crew taping us walking back and forth along this trail section. I'll post a link to the video when it's finished.
Beltline Trail looking north
Tunnel shots
Ground breaking ceremony at the end of our hike- Kasim was there!
Beltline signage
We were invited to a delicious warm holiday meal at the fire station with the whole neighborhood- delicious!
This trail is completely cleared and open for walkers and hikers. I highly recommend visiting when you have a chance. You can even ride MARTA to get there- it's just 2 blocks from the Ashby MARTA station!
~Eli
Thursday, December 10, 2009
West End Beltline Hike on Sat. 12/12 RAIN or SHINE
Hey folks,
It's getting way too hard to plan these walks with the crazy weather as of late, so Angel and I made the executive decision to host a walk on the West End of the Beltline this Saturday RAIN, SHINE, SLEET, SNOW, or HAIL! Join us!
Where? Meet at the Ashby MARTA station: http://www.itsmarta.com/ew-ash-overview.aspx
When? 10am SHARP @ Ashby this Saturday, 12/12/09
What to bring? WARM clothes, rain gear, water, camera, MARTA card
Who? EVERYONE is invited, it's FREE
Why? We haven't walked this section yet and we've got a great leader (Angel) to show us.
We plan to walk to the "Go West" festival for the Beltine trail groundbreaking. Check it:
http://www.westviewatlanta.com/go-west/
Afterwards, it's off to Artichoke Bliss for a workday or to the coffee shop if we need a warm up.
Don't fear the forecast! Come out Saturday and hike the unexplored portion of the Beltline with us!!
~Eli
It's getting way too hard to plan these walks with the crazy weather as of late, so Angel and I made the executive decision to host a walk on the West End of the Beltline this Saturday RAIN, SHINE, SLEET, SNOW, or HAIL! Join us!
Where? Meet at the Ashby MARTA station: http://www.itsmarta.com/ew-ash-overview.aspx
When? 10am SHARP @ Ashby this Saturday, 12/12/09
What to bring? WARM clothes, rain gear, water, camera, MARTA card
Who? EVERYONE is invited, it's FREE
Why? We haven't walked this section yet and we've got a great leader (Angel) to show us.
We plan to walk to the "Go West" festival for the Beltine trail groundbreaking. Check it:
http://www.westviewatlanta.com/go-west/
Afterwards, it's off to Artichoke Bliss for a workday or to the coffee shop if we need a warm up.
Don't fear the forecast! Come out Saturday and hike the unexplored portion of the Beltline with us!!
~Eli
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